THE CONFLICT AT PITTSBURG LANDING
A Television Drama
By
Janet Carnal
honors Project, 1972
Approved by
Dr. ;dillian E idson
Associate Professor of History
Ball 3t s t c, Urliverity.
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INl' c~O DUCT ION
'This '~ro:ie('t, .., two rOl.lr te1ev-i"ion drama ahout the rRtf-Ie
of'
battle or wloat
t.h'
WClS
coR"
Rhollt it "tftel' it had been fouO'ht,
,-1
narticinant in the ~v~nts of ~~r-il 6, 1862.
leave i'1vn:=;tif""lter'l
d"ty of fi
and the
"htin~,
character
£ac~
morninr~.
numerous fir;c:t-person accounts of that first
~v~nts
that led to the attack thp.t
~~ntioned
by name was a
r~al
ner:=;on and
a particinant in the ,arts of the hp.ttJe in which hp is nerjrtcrl.
Of
in
nece~Fjty
so~e
the 1'1on-f-; r:-ticiolls
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on~8
"S 0 1 r'I i~ r
~ore
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wer~
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nenrlerl to comnlimpnt
pare referr p r1 to
as
etc.
. -'-
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or
Official Records of the Union and
.., r'lirprt nl]otation from the source indicated in the footnotn helow.
'.-v-ith
~hiloh,
or Pittshurg Landinf".
\180 th0re is C1ue·",tion about his cor:iuct: rpT'rrrtf'
f'J1Jowi1"."': the hattle i.nriicated tnat he
stand of
of
t~e
Prenti~s
'/18S
p.nd his division at the
hqttl= f'cenps in
th~
drlmk, or that he han acted
Ho~net's
Nes~
-lAY are relaten in some
and most
w~y
to that
stand.
inois anr'l the
54t~
Ohio who with only 60n
~pn
held off two
hriryad~s
on
the TInior: left for alY'1ost fonr hours.
I hav n aJso snr:>nt a
cond~tions
~00rl
that led un to the
rippl
of
~attle
ti~e
conce~ni~s
jt~elf,
the pvents
R'd
hAcauAP these I feel are
so important that the- r C2rot be divorced from the pV2nts that follow.
f-iy purpose i"
w1o:r it Has
preparing tfuis project is that a television aud-
impn~b3'lt
-::0
t;'-f~,·p()n]"
1,">0
f01l
tit
'lnr'l
'llOre
than that--
that
t~e:.'
'lir.:;ht come to re:''1Jize t'''!at hi,story waf'
'lot un] j ke any of us today.
The battle of Shiloh
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\--'y r'Cll TleopJe,
not -fo'wht
by names and figurES, b'lt by real ,,;e0nlp who fplt vprv dennly ahout
w'lat
t~.P:,;
a rlrama
has a
werE' dO'in'
a~out
"''1 N
real peoD]p
siEnifi~ant
"T'~V
they
w~th
\'ICY'P
trc>re. and b'."causp .;hibl .;",
real nroblem", it anrl 21'
imnortance to each of us.
of history
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for radio and
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T~NTS
IN
RC~S
I~
Anril 6 ~',nd 7,
of one of
the most ~~~nif~~Rnt ~attl.As of the
Americ~n CiviJ W' r.
The Conf0rierRtes
knew it
Pittsburg Landing, R boat
larcrJi'1.[" Oil the Ten!'es~p River.
Ni\~1Ir()p:
1A62
f~rr~.
BACKG~OUND.
(T\r'I',~OOU;'rTCT\)
~aW
the
oc~urrance
.6
The Union armirs knew it as Shiloh,
after a small meetin~ hOJae in the heart
of the battlefield •.
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"ilTOR : (1,:(),\l'l'.) By ei tlo,pr '18'1e it l,S
just as ~i~nifi~ant.
For this ~Rttle
onener1 thP Wf"st for Union conquer t,
it wn~ t~e fi~~t ~att]e to pmnlov More
then ]00,000 nl,~n, it ('ost tile SO'lt11
o~e of its ~~'R~P~t ~enera]s anrl
causec '1 ""T,"1Y'm Of' ~ontrovprs:v to sllrround
General Ulysess S. GYO'1~t.
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CONB'~TH"\
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STON ON HI3
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]"'!env ,'"]upc:t';ons lie llnanc;l·.!"'~erl ahout
:5hiloh--wa.c; Grant r ;lllv ~'lrnr:i"er1
hy the ~onf~~pra+e attack that Sunday
morninp? WaF it bad ~e~0ral~hip that
causert the ~evastatin~ ]OS'AR or h~th
sinl'!S;
~hiloh
W?S
the war yet
mo~t
BATrLE SCENE
GEN~3~I,
LINCCl'T lID FilS C},RrL,~rc
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MCVT~G
~QU'I'H
CD"I!'T',
LC
~ontrovprRial.
This :iF its story ••••.••
'ro
DIJ iOLVB
the bloodiest battle of
fou~ht, ~nd one o~ the
ON MAP.
In April, 1862, the American Civil
~ar har! heen in ~rn~res~ ¥or nearJv a
year.
The eastern front had seen some
Rcti v:i tv, hllt for the Yl1or:t nart L:i,ncoln
wa'it""d for lvT~r:l 1"'1 1 a,]" to r10 ,,;(,"'nt"'; rco
1
The wPr;tern front was a lit+1- rl';f~nr0nt.
Grant ~ad just b~oucht the North its
first victories 3,t Forts l-jprr~T ,'lnr!
Donelson, earnin~ for himself the
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name II iTncordi+ional Surrender Grant. II '
Thp~e Gam! two victo~:ip~ hFld o~ererl the
important ~iver~, Tenness~ and the
Cumberland, for the Union and driven
the ConferleratAs farther ~out~.
Fnr ty,i,s rearc:O"l, t,I"e'"tv 'l1iler' snut!l of
a place on t~e Ten~esree known as
Pittf'h'lrF, 1,?prli"":, ",hi ch 'tJ:J'" the
t,.~ :-I~P
IF arry T • 1,IJill iams, Lincoln Rnd His
1952), p. 60.
Gen~rals
(N~w
York: Random House,
2Bruce CatV,'l, Terrible SHift Sword (Vo]. IT of Centenia] iiistorv
of the Civ~.l !Jar:,; Garrlpn City, T\J'pw York: 1)ouhleday, 1963), n. 1")4;---"-'
N~~
ON 1'1Al:J ~~TC
T~()rJ CORH;TlCr
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(CONT.) Union nosition at
th~t
ttm p .
foreps T8thpre~ for th~ ~a_
fen "'e 0 r tT, e terri tor;v.
By sTlrinO',
all availahle Cn~fe~~rqte troors w-~p
concentratert in ~ l~~e on the nort~ern
e~~e or M~c-iR-inni
from MemTlhis to
Corinth--?O "111 1 n'-'-'O'lth of' p; tt"'hurrConfe~prat~
Corinth W3- im~ortant R- ~ railrnad ;'In ct ion"i +:h 1 i.ne c; runrtins
from Memphis to C~attanoora to the
~tJa~ti~.
The Confe~eratpF knew thev
ha~ tn ~rotcct tht~ ~uDnly ltn0, and
Grant knew that he h3d to take jt!
Lan~inO'.
T'...,,, tc>hl"
SUPl'JR O'hP FOlLCI'IING I"JTRO-
1-[8---"1; for Ol"e of t"p "'lo:,t
important Rames of war nvnr ~laved.
DUCTCRr SHOTS:
APRIL 2, 1862
C( RINTH, Tn ;:j I,;3IPPI
COV£~
LeTt:
SHOT: STR~ T, VE~Y
'eT '~IGHT, ' j HO:3T
". F~·_'.r sn 1 D'tD R02E3 'ReUND BUT
rvr~Dl\jI~;F.ii[l.
I~RS
NOT
M~NY.
UNTPOQ0E8
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'PH (Jr.' FT C [<;
c)Tl~' :<'1' Tn Till: 4eT'.
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r'OOT:~rr EPS OF
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Excuse me, Sir.
Rethe1, Sir.
GiN. BRAGG IS
RIS
D~~K.
SIT~TNG
Tt's
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t
0
Jepra"'l from
ur~ent.
~T
HE STANDS, SAYS
NOTHli;G, TrlK'::',~) 'rHE ENV,,;T('PE
:,;m Ot=' ;;;1\1,'3 '~HD J",lDS.
LC'OK,3
dORRIETl, Y2:T DJ:3GU:,TED.
SIT:~ nC",N "ND ;:F?T'rl~S :~('. ,i::_
THING fT T-~ BOTTOM OF Tl~
?f\P~I~.
B~AGG:(H\JJDING
Take
Gene~al
SOLDI.c,l{
TURNS
T!V~~S
NOTE,
TITe; IHyr1<; TO rrH::; :;OLDi;C;I))
notp Rcro~s t~e strppt to
Johnston, immediately.
t~is
f\lFTh~s,
·l~DL;~AVES.
:z.
aR
(;1 i r ford Dowda:v, The l,aEd ~hey FOUI~ht For, tl1e Story of t ~ .. p ;;outh
t'1.e Conred~racv (Gard;;:;- City, Hew York: Doubleday and Co., lQ'5'5-)-,--
p.
165.
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VOICI'::
DOOR.
Ye,c?
It's a telefram from Bethel, ~ir;
General 3raf~ wa~tea Ge~eral John~ton
to see it, immediately!
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Op:NS THE JrOR.
PR~;TON
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JornnTOl'J Tiim:; TO PR~TON
j:iiD GOV~RN01~
Hjia,~,I3 OF'
T EHN~SS ::;;,;:;, 1IL3 C'TiLI~ .il DE5
Dt: C:]vlF.
Gene "2.] Br8tcrp '">:.
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to
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'325.
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.TCHF~~'1'ON:
It p,ppm:-:, Genpra], that we 1-:ave
a bit of a nroblem.
I just rpad ~our
telesram.
So Lpw Aallace i~ maneuvering
his Yankee army c,hout 20 miles nort"" r:f
us? .•.• It is my understandin~ that t~e
ro::,~t of the Yankf:e fn-rce is onl,Y at
Pittp,burg Landins ••• which is about
here?
?f[': l7C(:H
B::LGG J.(JK: UP
!iIOVf;," '1<) l'I:_,P OF
T i1j<;r.j!~ T,J,
:\n,';A,
(In
i\ '1 rl
B~AUH~G;u:m
TU em:;
'ro
?:Tr;,
~:~,
.rO~:T~rrON
!J all
:1
c e i '" he;' e • • • •
General Beaure~ard ~~rpos wit~ me t~at
this is an indication of a full-scale
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attack ahout t o e waRed o~ our nORition.·
l! H1
I'm: I ':Ja~~ at the tpl e",ranh office
when it arrived, Sir.
T fppl there jf' e"pr'T -indication of an
attack beinR imminent.
~he Yankees
have heen building forces at Pittsbur~
La 1'1 din 0' for ,,, e 1<: ." r
T h -is i r; the fir s t
movement they've made, and I believe
the~'re movin~ on us--on the Jest r'iefpnse
l-i ne we have to llrotect our communications.
I say we must attack them hefo"Y'~ t~ey
strike us!
Ri'~J\TJ~I':r;
Co
m" •
I agrpP whole-hearte~]y!
Rue 1 ] i~ n~ his
wa" frnrn I'J".shvill~. and tf he joins
hjs ~0rces wit~ Gr~~t'~ ~t PittsburF.
we'll be hoplessly outnumbe~e~!
BRAGG:
.TOHK(;TON:
I real i ze th:i.s, Gentlemen, however,
our troops are raW--S0rne have never fired
their wearons--some don't have weauons
Re'--" side that, our rati0ns '1re low.
.Yet!
We would be mu~h better ~repare~ for a~
offensive if we wait until Var Dorn
arrives with troops and sunnlies.
In
that time, our men will have ~ad time to 8
drill ~nd make re~dy for b~ttle.
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6.
B;:,~:,Ul-i~G,\s~n
Bi~GnT',
'ro
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'r"1<;
S,~;Alm[';CL\Rn:
(Vr'>RC ii;FUL i .v) General Joh Miton!
don NOT sce how you can ignore
Wallace's maneuverer
RoeM
I
JOH.STON: I am more concerned with Buell and
an entire a~my Ulan l,-J~th. a. brard J
n\~~:/'l
c~(~E
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,;
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And that is where my concern will
remain as lon~ a~ there is no roore
move~0~t than we have at the nrcscnt
time.
am well aw~re of Buell's approach.
sllrnrj '~e ~ '"' c!osolutpl y neces."ary-and difficult for untrajned troaDs to
manage. The ouestion in my mind is
this:
How Ion!'; do lqe l-JC1ve to T',rerare
10
our men before Buell arrives?
I
~ut
Be~~jn' your pardon, 3ir, I
can
see only an imrrerliate threat to O'lr
nord tion here.
-:f errinth S0 ]1 r1 "~;ll J-our ~""nJ i er,cJT1(] comml.Flications would be
inalterably harnp'~re0.
Th-i ,0; ra-::i]road
11
is the Rtron~est east-west Arte~y we have.
R~AUH~GARD:
1
(T;)lH'T'A'T' r:n) My t~oons, 3ir, have been
for waoks!
'T'hey may not have
seen hattJe, hut t~ey w-ill han~le themse]veF well. They know how to ohftv ?
1
orifl'rf';-!
T~RAGG:
driJ'in~
I cannot see r-i sld.n° f"'vp .... "+b i nco
for two nr thr~1' rla'~ rlrjll-ing! W~
can w0 t for V~n Darn A~d ~av~ hnth
G.... An+ Rnd Buell ~o hand]e!
Rue1l r'''ts
c'os a .... every day, and j f he .io-inE Gr'lnt,
t"an
th e Union force '·rill '1llmh"'r >110"'1'
.
. ' 13
hO,OOO to Ollr 40,000!
'''I FA n;~~GC\.Rn:
Gener~l!
It has to he now or never!
9 Ibid ., p. 324.
10Ibid. , p. 325.
11
Catten, Terrible
Swif~
Sword, p. 290.
12Clifford Dowday, The La "d 'r"J ey FouCh t For, Th'::. Stor,Y 0 f the South
As the CnY1fed,"r~ (GarCJ;-;-C-it:r. Npw Yo.,..,l". D()lJhJe(lay and Co., 1955), D. 1(,6 ..
13]'b'd
166-J::'7.
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7
JOHN;:;'!'0N PAljS E3 FO~ '" FnMLOOK";' cc Rj<;l-\.lJR~G'~RD
ht;:T.
),ND
F: RTf
al 3P ;~/i.K; ;. T'rF
BR,,(~G
'T"~
I'Ji~:';
em;~
TJ'T'i-fCV?
"T'V
V(~ry well, you have l"Jaop "our
-ooint well. G"'rlpral B"C11lt'I""'ard, vou '.:rill
nerfect t~e nreliminarv battle -olans
so t h 8t our troops '1ay Or> r1enlovect for
battle by no l8te''!'' L8Yl midmorninp' JIe
Fri day.
,T01{Nc::rnO~\T:,
n';AUR;;;G;~RD:
Yes, Gir!
Gpneral Rrarrg, nrpnare t~e ~pn for
l"JR1"ch 8nd see that or~arR R'!"e :=;p~t
out for t~e four corps commanders
to "hold their com'"ands in !oaYld, ready
to advance unon the e~el"Jy in the mornin e
bv 6 a.m., with thrpp ~a~R conked rations
in hay rsack~, 100 rounct~ o~ a~munition
~n1" ~~all
~rm:=; and 200 rounds for ~ield 15
nieces."
JOHN 'rON:
R R. \. GG:
,TOLq
YP,
Sir!
Mnrr;an' s cavalry will keep
on Buell's rosition.
:TON:
Uf~
posted
Ih
hav n nlentv of scouts; I fi~ure~ to
moving soon, anyway.
But I ~ave
t r i~ d 'm Rue c e .'~ ,; f '.1 1 J:v t n "", t; r: i viI ian s
to rDu1ar:e some of cur cooks and staff
to allow more men in the fipld •••
"'T'ho"Ce neople have r:iven their sons
fre Jv cnoufh; it is folly to talk to
them qbout a ne~ro or A mule.
I rerret
tr-ts disalJD:i ntmc>nt: A ~;iW,·l e bri,"c\cle
may det0rmine the fate of a battle.
These ~An10 rio no+ know how valueless 17
Wr"'uln br> thi'1.:r '1e["ros,,, Here we beaten.!!'
I
~e
0
lL~
Foote, The Civ:il Wa:r:, I, 326.
1 r-
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1
~i..
, p. 325.
16Cha::-les P. Rolanp., "Albert Sidney ,Johnc';ton
Civil ylar ;{iC"tory, IV (December, 19c:;8), 2i5g.
'J,)']ri
the Shiloh Carn-oai8'n,"
8.
TO
JOBIJ.j'2.' (JN '::;,Tr'. TO
]CAVii,.
,JOIn; ''T'ON:
Cantatn
Pre~ster?
ROOM
Sir7
.TOH;;
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JOH~~TO~'S
~~S~lG~
;TOl~:
Send this communication to
Prep1 dent T)av1 s':
"Genera] Hllell is in motion, 30,000
""trong, "'Rnirll" froIT' Columbia by cr2ft
on to 3~'~nV1n."h.
i'j t~~ell h~hind him
~th 10,000 Confp~p~~t~ forrps.
40 ,000 orrlerA~ f'O~~',Rrd to offer
battle neRr Pitts h1 1rp'.
Hope pnr.,qn-ement]8
before Buell ~an .iunction."
B;\2.;d-;T ~;f: L~'l V i'.:,s.
JOHl~. ; fI'0 l\i 1,oC,K.) ON Cf'; ". "rc T :<J
[IT T 1b lc1 ,iP ("oj TEi'; ';,i: 1.L.
PICK:~ UP IlF TTflT,
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C UT (: l" l' ;~ S EO 0 Tv! •
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'",PRIL
3, 1862
C:OJHNTR,
i~
Ii:;; IC;' TDT)T
OV:iFI Foun'iHJG.
STaFF H.'i- OUT ',R (:F''''lC';;
ONt;\ ID
,) I~~)K
.,:~
L;,(HWTiiG /!rr
'~C:CN
f)'1
I),'
<::T';:R~)
.~ Tl)i.~
//.2:
Is Beaurpf"ard ·,tiLl i1:' there?
CDr, I C ;\~'l';3 C'i E'en n 4'ii'TC'~')
ATDS
~2:
AI] rip'ht?
They must
I'
ally be
sometrin"'!
Tno h,'411 1.r,'" ,l11··t cal']' t
1"1' rrh rip;,ht ovr thr>re and whip those
Yanks, tilrn arounn Flnn
back!
18
OR., Ser.
I,
'10].
X, Part IT, p. 387.
ma~ch
ri""ht
9.
AIDE #1: That is too had. (L~~GHS)
I worry abo~t the ~eneral sometimes.
He's not been well At all, and he .Soul d
~et some rest
with a battle comi~' UD.
AIDS #2:
I rlon't uDders and ~omethinz •...
If John'ton i~ still in cn~ And here,
1;v"Y ieo: BeaureO'arr[ 0ra'.Jino: un ."1 l l nf th~
marchin~ orders?
I'd think Johnston 1q
would want to do itat hjl"1.c;elf?
"I~R
Dooa OPENS
'iiD R';.\UKt:G ,BD cm:;::;:')
OUT, HANDING
~IDE
SCR~PS
0F
H,PEa cOj\j'r;UFING HI.':) NC!"<:t;,
TO SSCOliJD
#1: 3~arch me ••• but I heRr +hiS hattIe
is mOFtly Beaure~ard and BrA~~'s idQa.
T don't think Johnston rlR~ned to have
it ri,,:ht now •.• ;;;ayhe he fi""'.lres it's
thp~r hqhy, so they can stay up all ni~ht!
The 'e are the marching orders.
Get them done ae; soon as rossible.
Th')1Jni~n:\PD:
Get
Rra~~, Polk, Hard-e, o~d
ovpr here so I can brief
them until the w~itt~n orrle~s are
20
availahle.
Trn~
G~nerals
Brec~inrid~e
,QDE *2: Yes,
AIDE #2 3ALUT1:'~S\!,D Lr;;;,hCC
BEAURx,;GLI.RD POUl~S FHL:j':;L,H'
A DRINK F~OM ~ CUT GL~~S
D c.:C.L.1\·j' tl~·,:U 3 P~K'3 ,,1:',\ ?TT ¥
1'.'1'0 .:, C',I ~~~.
c;j
r.
Ie; there an:rtrin"" I can f:';et YO'l, Sir?
>o·:<:;',m"'~G,\i~D:
(;)IGHS)
in our favor!
AIDE GeES 'TO
\,;nwO'iv,
CT r.UDv
j~]1
eild to
t~iG
war--
qrm HI: J,O('\KS like T'ain •.• rlo you tl-Jink
it will complica~e thin~s very mu~h,
Sir?
B!~JL\TT~Ff:G~"tRn;
I shouJd 11o-pe
~"lOt
•••
1.p we :J'e+:
a little sun to ~ry the roads.
eXDect it to cause a proble~.
~IDE
T don't
#1: Genera], you don't look well;
you're sure there is nothing I can
r;ot :vou?
B:~.dJt<r;G~~BD:
No .• Notrin[", thank you.
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'CR.t ton, Terrible S\-J:iJ:!. .Sword, n •.?:Jh.
10.
B:\U.l~EGARD:
(CeniI'.) Lpt',s clean off tris
table and ~~t so~e li~~t over he-e.
\nd get the map ~ro~ my desk ••...
Ye'i, sir.
A1D.r;:
B':'. UlLG., 1'W: Gentle'llen ••••
HARDEE:
~J,-)L;C~
Good morning, General.
~~r::
T
~1,~-'\"'P
f·~~' -i
(~'i
>
~lle
frIarching
instructions.
We will leave at 6 a.m.
this ~orning and be in line of hattl",
hy noon tomorrow.
(TC,I;)L'; ii1) lio,," 10n" will j.f: take
you to ~omple~e the writter orders?
All I
Tt 1,·,i 1 1 t, iJ k e a "" ~ i 1 P, ~:; i r •
have here is VO'lr notes .. _. •
T'll'lut
t~em together and gpt them ready il2
fast as humanly possible.
\ T1; H' f,IJ:
(TO G;,~>:IT <) You'll '1FiVP \,'rrittE''''
mAr c'hin" ordprG lat8r in the day •
•••• ~~ mid-~orrin~, I hone.
',T=<C:C;"RD:
B,,'AUH.t:C,HD ,:~,FRj:",',DS
:'l.,p 01'; rJ':~t~ T,IRL<':
TH~';
Here, the-
two -oads
ri~ht
here will
b p t 1" P 0:1 e~' ,'J e u' eo - - ;- 1" ,~" 1 0 0 k 11.k e
strun"" ho'" ] eani'1C\ ,'l r1P'tJBVS • • • • •
eu
"F i'lAP Ci1 T ,j3 T b;
P ',\1U,,c,
PCi~~i in,
de're hnre at one e~d and GrFint is
here st the other.
Fr~m o~ ~oint to
the other'; t' ,0; aoout 2() mil e"', hnt
if '.'Ie move Y101tl, "''1i ~k'l.v, our troono;
"Fin ~o'11nl ete t "e rr)rlrch by not later
'1
t;18n midrlOrnln'~ F'ridq" -- 'Cl,,,,d "J" <ctrike!
';
,im
?C HiTS C iTT
ON;.
CUT R,CK' Ii;)
FORTH F,:iUi ,
I",~l'
TC G';NI';W,L:3.
RJ=<
Have you l,,"ar""'ri pnythin" from PH:cAvslrv we ~ent out?
(1(i::
Grant I ,<c ca!Hn<c ".--e l--j:;v'e __ _
te 1 oo'elv ;lr 'anQ;ed on t"lS hir:h
Thdnii':(i:~RD:
'1'1;
Ye,:
I
QTO~l'[(l ni>;:,r p;
swamns on the
?lI' . 't
~-.,
')
;-t.c~bl1rg:.
nort~
and
Th",~e
~wamps
are
on
11.
;Ei\U~~G.'I(T):
(C0N'T'.) tnf> .SOI) th •• • here!
He's surea(l out over q enree mile
area--~ust waitirq to be hit! Just
Wc1:itirp-!
HARDEi'~:
Drive them into the river, ti'en?
R:~A'JR~G"RD:
Not ~UlC;C.
'i'h(;re 3re ihion
gun boats alon~ there ~~ich would
give us q lot of nro~lems. So we
seDar~tp the~ from their ~unboats,
hreAk the:ir left And drive them into
the C)"i] Crppli: SW"l"'D!
G-en eY~A 1
HRrde e,
Y-Oll r
t roo-os ltJil J move
first. tqkin ~ tl:i:" nnrtl-tem r03d.
~arch for abo~t 17 milps and then
bivolJi'l(':" four mile.s f)Y' '~n a,my from
Y~nken lines.
G~nerql
Po lk ",11 J
22
follow you.
General Bra~~, you will t~~e the Southnrr
rOCirl r< nd tA:re t p 1". ft fnrk at Mon terey-here. That will take vnu to q nlqcp
calle"l 'vTic'-",y' s F~Jr'[1housc '"here we will
meet. 'P,reckinri d r-p will T" 1. 1.oW you ;:n,
.
on the south road.
L.
B~fore dawn on April 4, we'll have A line
of hA~tle roverjn~ the Union front witb
PoJk Cind Breckinrirlge in a second
1 in e he hiD d the fir.s t •
\~J ~ ~ 1 1 t '3 ~ - e tho s e
v~nks in thn:ir t~nts, by Job !!
They won't know what hit 'em ~i]J
they find t\ooryo"'el"~s nn to thpir ears
in Owl Creek Swamn!
Do
Ra'GG:
Vall
Gentlemen h2v"
22Catton, Terrible Swift Sword, n. 226.
C'l.Vl'1 .,
i.~a~,
'"1W'·st i
on.s?
\';ell'":;"aJ, I'm Sllre m:r troon.s can
man,,"'p tl"is riilrch vri thC'll1- d~ ff':i ~11l ty,
but· what of the other divisions?
They have hAd no axnerienc~ what-so-ever ••
.
2'3"
t
'I'oo.,e,
.<ll1V
I, 3?(-..
24Catton, Terrible Swift Sword, p. 226.
_.-
..
--, .....
_._-----------
(C07r.) ---t~py've neve~ s~en or
maoie a.r ordered march to a battlef'; pJd
hefore •••••
PH GG:
,),::\TH"(~"f~D:
harrJ1:'
I'11 adrnitn •••• o1Jr arl11v is 25
of veterrtns ••••••••
cr;mpo~e,~.
If ::he Gent'T'al l,-T111 excuse IT:e,
veterans ~! !Oo1]Y a handfuJ of
Polk's rJivtsi0~ has ever fired a shot
in anger!!
Forre~3t' s troo~)t"rs nre the
only ones who've faced GrRn~ before,
and not with s~c~es3, if you may recall!
Grant means business, an~ I'd say at
least two thirds of his forces have
seen bat t,1e :i n the Donelson-Henry
H,"rmj;,;:
hl
can:pa~'r'n.
':Jlf"·"
)(:o'""lt
IJ.::') ,
-~;.I""~
t-~-"7
')C&t llS t&dly, :ond I imagine tl~ey
at least hav0 S8ne idea of how to
",0 abo1lt startin' to rlo jt; ,q'''3in!
Puttin' boys and ~ar~ers w~o np'vnr
f1 rPn ,,,! ;"hot bef re areain:itc:easonpn
veterans is rtsky--if not outr';cht
askin' for tr t 'nhle--C"sT'esially after
a rushed ann comnlic3tpn ~arch like
this!
BE,tUT~~,~r;H
R'f)
~
26
\["rp.t>r1, Genpral Pardee, ho;vever,
if I read "seasoned- v8te'Y''3nS'',
I'"
1]1"""
t~om.
I don't havp t~em, so I'll
ha.ve to US~ wh"'t T'v'-· "'ot!
'T'1oRt'G
why .o;urr>ri:=:e j c: tl-'e key---i f' Hf' 1 nc;e
that, we're in troub:e.
T~at's why
our march must he "10; -I' " .... ~t;·lt",n.
Discinlining raw troop~--f'Bne~i~llv
on n march--is not ~oin~ to h~ easy.
They don't know ~hat they're doin'
or why they're ~r~n' j t • • . •
l~~GG:
\11 they have to do is obey
orders--prnvidejyou ~ive them.
We're running la~e--it's 7:00 A.M. and
r:holJl:i have neen citarted 10n[,; "1 0 '0.
~enpra] Hardee, you take you division
out, of Corinth ,}~c t 1lis road •••••
'"re
B,.A U.:{L,;I}; Pi)
::3 Cj C J ,E:"
pc, r:-rr:
r1'(,
:'i P
])l
.26 Tbid "
27" 00 t e, 'rhe CiviJ
l'
I, "i24.
13.
APRIL 3, 1862, PITTSBURG
LANDING.
OPENING SHOT: GRANT'S BOAT
STEAMS UP 'l'0 LiiNDING. 3HOW
BU3TLE OF C"!.NP IN LS. LS
OF OTHLR BO,"TS UNLOj~Dlf\G
TROOPS. OI'FlCER ON JOCK
CH.i::.CKI:KG LL3T AND HAKING
J;"3:5IGNH.L:;NT.3 OF kl;;li'i TROOP~3.
GHANT ,iND };'.AlAjLINS GET OFF
THE BO"T.
COL. IvEB3T.i:i:R: (TO UNIT COK"'LdWER) You're
aGsigned to Sherman's division. His
headquarters are over near Shiloh
meeting house; check with the officer
at the top of th~ank there, and he'll
show you which road to take.
LT. COL. MAIJ.1BOHG: (i.vITH SrlEDISH ACCENT)
Yes, Sir.
55TH ILLINOIS FOLLOW; MALMBeRG
UP TlI...'; HILL.
GR/\NT WALKS BY
JU3T AS 'rHEY MOVE OUT. LT.
LA.vRENCE OF THE 55TH TURNS TO
·IiEBSTBR.
Lk,ilR3NCE: kcuse me, Sir, but which General
is that?
WEBSTER: Why, that's General U.S. Grant,
himself, Lieutenant. You'll see more
of him before you're finished here!
LAWRENCE: I imagine so.
LA.,m.c:NC;:; He VB;S A"lAY AS
GRANT APPRO;,CHES ('i~BSTl:;R
Thauk. jtlu, Sir.
GHANI': Morning, Webster!
LXi'lRiWCE: Morning, General! (TO RAwLINS)
Jim! This about the last of the troops
brought from Savannah, isn't it, Sir?
GRANT:
Just about.
wEBST~R:
How soon can we expect Buell's
Army?
Probably Sunday or Monday--posaibly
an advance guard tomorrow. As soon as
Buell arrives, I'll move my headquarters 6
2
from Savannah to here.
GRA~~:
26 Neil Bradford (ed.), Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (New
York: Appleton-Centry-Crofts, 1956),P: 84.
--
14.
dEB3TER: Any word from Halleck?
GRj.NT: Not much. He reported Buell fourty
miles from here near Waynesborough-he wants us to stay clear of amy
trouble--get fortified and wait orders'27
he says.
WEBi3T.ER: That sounds like Halleck ••••••
RA'!.ITLINS: Especially t.he part about ffwai t
orders."
GR;NT: All we can do now is wait till Buell
getci here and then launch an attack.
;dEB3TER: Well at least the weather's decent.
After all that snow before Donelson,
I hope it stays the way it is. A little
rain doesn't bother me at all!
Ri.WLINS: Corporal Davis says it's going to
rain aGain tonight--says his bunion's
acting up! (LAUGHS).
GRANT: I wouldn't laugh too hard--that
bunion hasn't been wrong yet!
\"lEBST,::;R: I'm glad we're not going to be
doing any long marching. Road'd be
plain awful.
RAWLINS: You're forgetting about Buell, J.D.
Then I'm glad I'm here and he's
marching--I don't envy him.
~1J:;B.3TER:
GRANT: J.D., when you're finished here, get
the diviDion commanders down to the
boat. We haVe a few things to discuss ••
WEBSTER: I'm just about, Sir. I'll
take care of that right away.
Good. I'm going to ride up to see
Prentiss. We'll pan the staff meeting
for around 2 o'clock.
GRANl':
WEBSTER: Yes, Sir.
GRANT AND lU.'I'LI:t3 GO UP
HILL.
DISSOLVE.
THi~
27Foote, ~ Civil War, I. 323.
15.
JHi:illMAN':.; DIVISION. 55TH
ILLINOIS, Ci\J{PED AT JUNCTION
OF HAMBURG '\I'ID PURDY
ROADS
ON TH~ UNION LEFT.
THE TERRAIN IS RUGGED, N.I::AR
THE TENNE3S.8E RIV.:o.:R BOTTOMS.
NEAR 'fEE P.i<:;"tCH ORCWIRD '.'JITH
IWGGED BLUF:~'S, TREES A.ND MUCH 28
FOLLAGE.
MALMBeRG RIJ)J.:;3 UP POMPOUSLY
MALMBORG: (ON HORS~BACK) \'iell, here we are!
Make camp and be ready for inspection
according to company immediately!
CROOKJ:!:R SHAKES HIS rIEAD,
OBVIOUS EXPRE30ION OF
DISLIKE ON HIS FACE
CAPTAIN LUCI3N CROOK.c;R: era LT. LAWRENCE)
I wish for one" he'd just shut up!
Blasted Swede! Thinks he knows every thin ,
about everylhing!
LT.
LA~HSNC3:
Correction, Sir. Just about the
army!
CROOKER TURNS fro MEN, SHOU'L'S
CROCKER: Make Camp!
LA ,"iRENCE : Where did Col. Malmborg lear .. all
this stuff
anyw~?
CROOKSR: I heard him tell Col. Smith once
that he was a graduate of the Swedish
Military Academy.
L·l.:JR2NCE: Academy, huh?
CROOKER: (SHOU'rING) Hey! Straighten those
lines down there! (TO LA\'IRENCE) Yup!
Then served eight years in the Swedish
army. That mrutes him qualified? What
do Swedes know about American fighting
anyway? But I guess hets got the right
to boss us around, making stupid squares-aahh! How many wars has Sweden won lately
anyway? \'ihy that man loves the army!
Immagine that if you can! The only
reason he-came to the United States
was to fight in the Hexican iJar!
---------". - ..
-.------------~-,---------.--~--
280tto Eisechiml, liThe 55th Illinois at Shiloh," Il1i110i8 State Historical Societl Journal, LVI (Summer, 1963), 198.
16.
LIHvRt:NCS: ivhat' d he do that for? What
did he do in that war, anyway?
'rH~Y
AI(I:;.'JA'rCHING MALMBORG
IS APPROACHING ON
WHO
HORSEB,:"CK
CROOKER: Get this--our beloved Lt. Col.
29
Oscar Ma1mborg was a private!
LAWRENCE: Seems hard to picture him takin'
orders inste~d of givin' them.
CROOKZR: Well, I gueEs everybody's got to
be a private sometime. Some of us just
don't get as far as others.
MALMBORG REACHK3 THE.'M
MAL!-iBORG: Assemble your men as soon as they' rl~
finiGhed here. Col. Stuart has a few
things to say to them.
;\.$ Mll,.L1'11BOHG ,':';P.r;AKS, SH,:;R1'1AN
RIDLS BY. (SHi~i'f/u\N IS REDHEJ.Dl:m, Gil. UNT, ~IJlTH ,S UNK,'::N
TEMPLES, A GRIZZLED SHORT"
CROPPED BEAIW).
Col., where is Col. Stuart's
headquarters?
3HE2M~N:
Ml\LMBORG: I'll show you t Sir.
rHEY HIDE Cli'F
LA'.'IRENCE:
CROOKE1~:
Was that Sherman?
Yup t that
\!'fas
Sherman all ri8ht 1
L,ll,'iRENCE: I didn't expect him to look like
that--so wild-eyed. Why he doesn't
even look healthy!
CROOKER: He don't nave to! He is though. I
saw him in Paducah once before. I guess
he always looks like that--at least
he did t:len.
LA'dH:::NCE: Does he al\..,rays look so gaunt?.
So hungry?
CROOKER: I reckon. I thought the first time
I ;saw him, and I think so now--he must
look more like Lazarus risen from the
30
dead than any man on ec.rth!
17.
SOUND: BUGLE
CHOOK~R:
SERG.c;ANT
COM.E:~
RUNNING.
SERGEArF TURN[j ,\ND HAS lEN'
GBEY:;?li~
O':{J;~E(:].
FOH FAHA_'B
GROUND.
rEi.;:)::;
(SHOUTS) Sergeant! Have the men
at the parade ground!
as~;emble
SERG.;,:;.\NT: Yes, Sir! ('rmws '\ND :mOUTS)
Company! Assemble at Parade Grou~d!
On the double!!
LA\'ml'~!,CE:
I wonder what Stuart has to say?
CROOKG?: I'll be darned if I know ••••
L.iiARENCi!:: We're bound to have a fight soon.
First one this regiment's been in. I
suppose it might be about that.
CROOKER: Probably.
I ju.,t hope he keeps
Malmborg quiet. I'm in no mood for
that Swede tias afternoon!
What do you know about David Stuart
anyway?
LAWRENC~:
Not a whole lot. I heard his father
was an Indi(il!1 trader--wcnt ,.. i th Louis
and Clark back in 1803 or somewhere around
there as a scout. Did well enough to
send stuart to law school. Oh, let's
see, he went to ::Pllgresa--'55, I think,
and moved to Chicago. Made it big as
a criminal lawyer--popular he was--high
society, money--the whole thing. 01'
Stuart was doing tine until he got messed
up with somebody else's wife and was
named in a divorce case. That shot hiG
reputation and his popularity to pieces!
That's why he started this regiment-to win a little favor back--on the field
of glory, I'd guess you'd aay.
CROOK~R:
LA'dRENGE: strange rca.;:on to fir.ance a regimA i1t.
Oh, you'd be surpris~d how half
of these regiments are financed. I
hear tell he finaced the 42nd Ohio
too. I guess tha t lUal~es us number two!
CROOK~R:
LAWRSNCE:
Well, this is a tough regiment.
18.
LAWRENCE: (CONT.) I knew t at from the
firc"t day at Camp Dougla;3.
CROOKER: Yeah, most of
THEY H.c;,\Cll 'rH.2
th~2e men are from
the Galin&. Le~d mines--they're tough
alright! "Hard" might be the better
word.
P;~R.lDE
GROUND, MO.3'r OF THt~ HEN
ARE ALHBADY T h.wR,~.
3'fUi\.tiT IS Ji~ THE H~',D OF
'rHi!; GlWJP.
MEN AJil~ TALKING, MUCH
NOISE
]"Jell, has Stuart had any military
training'?
LA'i'fRi::NCE:
Not that I know of. Maybe that's
why he depends so heavily on Malmborg
3l
and his drills.
CRCOK;;;R:
STUART: (SHOUTS TO BE HiARD)
V{) Ie 8 , VERY PO ;,01 SJU'U L)
SOUND: MEN
F..i AIm CU'S OF STUA1~T
SPLAKING TO THD N:r..:N
3'rU.'~RT:
UII~T
Men! (ENORMOUS
n1j1.f'~JL';.T.sLY.
I need your attention.
LAWRENCa
He may not have military traininG'
but that man has one heck of a voice!
CROOK"";R:
Some people'd call it a big mouth!
(TO llLL) 11 dOD' t have a great dea~
to say, mea, but I do want you to hear
this and listen well. It's no secret
that Rebs are ia this aeighborhood, and
it'll come as no surprtse that siBce'
thet'r~ here--Gooner or lat0r we'll
fight them •
3TUAHT:
.:0 lJND: }bN
CI[~;:.R.
ltillen the time comes, it will be your
firut engagement with the enemy. I
want the people up north--in your home
towns to know that the 55th Illinois
is the best blasted regiment anybody
ever saw! More important, I want ~ou
to know it--and fight like itl
STUAHT:
"1 am a man of somet"hat damaged reputation,
as you all know, alld 1 came to the army
sol~ to retrieve that reputation, and 32'
I depend upon this regiment to do it!"
_._--".'-,,- -
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31Eis es chiml, "The 55th Illinois at ::>hiloh, II p. 194.
32.llLi.d .. , p. 198.
20.
He seems to think a lot of you.
ROi'iI,J~Y:
He asked me right away to be on
his staff. I couldn't come as soon
as he'd like though ••• my wife •••.
After she died, I came down and took
this position. I really haven't been
here very long at all, I SUppOGu.
R~0LINS:
(PAU:}.c;)
Grant i3 a man of Dcstiny--he's going
places. I intend to be around to see
35
that he gets there in one piece.
DOOR CP:';N3i.ND GRANT
GRANT:
~ell,
looks like we're ready.
Anybody else here yet?
(3T.c,.:mnm 3Y DOOH) I think they're
coming now, Sir.
ROI'JLEY:
F3 OF GEN ::'1{,i..L;3 CONING
UP TH.c:;gtU"iP ~um 3GARDnm
TIL'.; BO .."J.I'.
CUT 'I'D F3 OF
'l'HJ.:;H ":;hrr~"nNG rrli.~;:{UOIv1.
GRANT: Gentlemen •••
OTHERS: General Grant.
GRANrr: \'/her"e is Ge::lcral 3herman?
It seem~ there has been some quc6tion
about whether or not we should fortify
our prcGent position here. I have
called you all here to discuss the matt0r.
Hello, 3herman.
;3 lLGI1AN:
(:;ALU'I' ING) air.
GrLNT: Is something wrone, General?
You seclil
bothered ••••
h
" '"''-'.:·n
0 I
e d~'Vl::~
is made up of pc ,'fectly raw troops!
They're disorganized---they don't know •••
"H J:"',di"'",
··R".."~lj
;)
':
(-""~'l")T
;.)liU :\
T'-"O"F~l·'nl'~)
'~lvl
.:~.Ll.&!..U
M
J,:'J.Y
"~v
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.
35Catton, Grant Moves S~~th, p. 67.
19.
STUAR'l' ).CCf.';prS
SOLDIERS ARE
CHE~R8,
.L.c;;\V~S,
BISMIS~ED.
CROOKER .:\.ND ,LAilRENCE lEAD
BI\CK FOB Tl:E~lR CAI'1P.
CRCCK~a:
Well, I guess we'd better get
organized.
L~WR~NCE:
GHllJ.,\T' S
ABO;.RD
TvJO
OfPICEl~S t
TIL~
Sounds like fun ••••
CONFEl:LNCE:
'rIGRE33
JF GRhNT t S ;JT;lFF
FOR 'I'lli:;; CCHL~['{'"
r-ENB,~W:)
~UE ?1~P,:"?Hi3
CAPT.
RC~LEY: What time are all the division
commanders coming?
Any time I1OW.
Grant is in the next
room going over his maps again.
,RA','iLINS:
#0''11.0Y: I don't kno1fJ h()w he does it. i,very
spare minute he's in there with those
maps of his ••• maKing plans I guess •••
Ko wonder he wins! But I can't seo how ~)73
he keeps at it.
He's been that '-lay ever since I've
known him. I guess you have to underGtand Grant to understand that. You
Gec, his ~ork is fight.
It's his trade-the only ORe he's been any good at
or able to earn a living by. ITe wants-he ilAS to do it well, and he wants to be 4
3
at it right away.
RA';iLnm:
aOciLEY: You know hin pretty well, don't JOU,
John?
For a long time. We both come from
Galena, 1lli!'\oi6. ',Je t ve been friends
for a long time.
R~rlLIN3:
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33Bruce Cat:,on, Grant Moves South (B03ton: Little, Brown and Co.,
1960), p. 27.
34Foote, ~ Civil ~, I, 322.
21.
SH':::;R~jAN:
(CONT.) what combination is!
None of them have been under heavy
fire--camp is chaos now--what will
happen when thc.Y'r~ thrown into battle?
They'll be fiRe, Sherman, give th·em
a taate of a fight and know what it means
to follow orders1
GH:UI'r:
,) E:C;RH,d'J: I don r t 1rust raw troops.
You can
nevar tell what they're g0ing to do-I could .see tnem all break and run the 6
3
firGt time they saw an eaemy line.
GIV,;;T: Not if they feel
th~y
have the advantage.
Not if we attack the Confederates!
Sherman, you recol1Lllended Pittsburg as
a camp site. There ha3 been some
controversy concarning whether or not
e~trenchments are needed.
I'd like
your opinion on
.~S GR:I.N'r
3P::',J\.K~;
t~le
matt<"!r •
HE 13
COHPO.e.;::;D ,3CLDI~ltLY, BUT
37
HO ~ dA U'GH'rY •
'1'hio is a perfect place for carrq)ins
and drilling--there are deep gullies
around M.O~3t of th,~ ca!!ps, svlumps on
one side, a river on the other, and a
good sized creek on the other. I dODlt
see how entrenchmentA are going to help38
any more than these natural barriers.
3E::~R.W:;tN:
know Lhe enemy is fortifying at
and we will move to attack as
soon q; Buell arrive;:.; with the army of
the Ohio. The question is in the meantime are we in too great a danger-and ,auld er.tr(>:1chm·::;nt~.: 0;1I.:"ll:vi; t~ 39
tha.t dauger?
G~ANT:
\'Je
Corint~
..
36~.,
p. 91.
37~."
p. 27.
3,9,
UFoote, The Civil ~, It 321.
!2.
39 0t to Einschiml and Ralph Newman (eds.), Eyew'itness: The Civil
\'Ie Lived It ( New York: Gros~3et and Dunlap,
1956),
p.
170:-
..:L!.!:
22.
HURLBUT: It seems to me that we're awfully
exposed om the south end of the camp.
Considering the iNexperience of our
troops, we could find ourselves in
serious truuble if the Confederates
attack.
But will they at tack? Do they
have the strength--or the inclination?
MCCLJ:;~iN/\.ND:
GRANT: Personally, I feel the Rebels are too
demoralized to con~titute much of a
danger, and I told General Halleck
just that. In my opiniom lithe temper
of the Confederate troops is such that
there is but little doubt that Corinth
will fall more easily than Donelson did
when we do move. All accounts agree
that the great mas::> of the rank and file/+
O
are heartily tired."
I doa't quite agree that the
Confederates are that tired, Sir.
Tired, yes, but they still 'con;3tit<..te
a certain amount of danger ••••
.~:;ILRH~N:
G::/'A.:T: Col. HcPhcorson.
You have finished
the report?
McPH,,; ::;ON: Yes, Sir.
I have.
GRANT: Then with Gen. Sherman's permission
please report to us your findings.
JHERM~N:
Of course.
r have here the engineering
report you de:3ired. My invc:3tigation
has proved positiv~ly that unfavorable
circumstances exist for entrenchments.
The only pos.;ible place we could mal{e
them would be to the r~ar of the camp,
which would do us no good unless camp
were moved behind the trenches.
McPH~~3C~:
40
Foote,
~
Civil Nar, I, 323.
j'1C PHi:RSON: (CONT.) Th~ new line we I d have
to make would be nearer to th~ river
but would cut us off from our water
supply. If the enemy did attack, they'd
have possession of the water supply.
I therefore conclude that for our
pres2nt position, entrenchmentG ~re 41
simply not applicable or practical.
llURLBUT: Well, I guess that settles that!
Does anyone h.:'-Ve
anY.lue.,tions for Col. t1cPhersoR?
Gl~). ;'lT:
I gues[j it does.
(SIL.::;NCE)
If not, thankyou, ColQRel.
Now, General Sherman, we seemed to
have interrupted you. You felt that
the Confederates do constitute a serious
danger?
Perhaps not grave or serious, Sir,
but they do exist. I was going to go oa
to say that I hav!:'! always felt t:iat ourn
waG an offensiYe maneuver, and not a
defeasive one.
lie won't be here JoJl.g
enough to have all the trenche6 dug-eve. if they were practical!
~rr~RMAN:
,:uite true. I'm not saying that the
Rebels WOll't attack. Ny reports have
80,000 men under Johnston at Corinth,
and it's aBly logic to expect some kind
of clash ia the future. However, I'm
not expecting it here. 1.8 a matter of
fact, I'm much more concerned about 42
Crump's Landing than Pitt6burg.
GLtAI:T:
MC CLERNAND: That would be the logical place
for an attack to come.
~RANT:
Lew, have you had any trouble at Crumps?
WALLACE, LKrl: Just skirmishing, snipers--
that sort of thing. We could stand a few
more men a~ld large guns, though.
4IU• S .. Great, Per6Qlal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, ed. E. B. Long
1953), p. 171.
(New York :11i'orld,
42Catton, Grant Moves South, p. 224.
24.
G:hJ'1': Keep me po"ted on any new developments.
I don't like us scattered all
over the area like ~hiG, but I don't
have much choiee. I have to ~ecp my
headqu~rters at Savannah--that's where
orders have been 8e~t for all new troops
to c:"eck in first and where I am to meet
Buell. I will move my pt~rmanel'l.t headquarters up here as soon as he arrives.
I am going to stay at Shiloh camp each
day until I'm 3ure ev~rythiRg is secure
for the night, so if you need to get in
touch with me, you will probably be43
able to reach me heBe first.
,;}L:;lmAN: I don't think it would
b{~ !Sood
for th~~ morale of t!:le me~ to speal"\: too
much about entrenchaents, Sir. It
seems to admit defeat in some way; right
now they're all fired up--even the green
ones, because they feel a part of a
winning army. Somehow, digging trenc:les
seems to admit--if not defeat--at least
something to be afraid of.
GiLiv'r: You have a valid poin:"
Sherman. Very
valid indeed. So I think all things
considered, we'll just leave things as
they are for now, and keep our eyes
open. "ie t 11 meet again tomorrow if
anything new tUrns up.
~;'i.H.L.
vJALL\C~:
How
:~oom
do we move, Sir?
General Halleck insists we do nothing
until we are strong enough to admit
no doubt of the result--that means
until Buell comes •••• probably the first 44
of next week.
GRAr~:
Any further ques d.ons or comments?
If not then, I'll see you all tomorrow.
German, can l' speak w'th you a moment?
43Grant, Memoirs, p. 84.
44
Foote,
~
Civil
~,
I, 323.
Til.>:; O'l'H ,~}Lj
R£Mf,INS
LE!\.V~,
SB i;;ar'~AN
G~iNT:
You're uReasy here?
SHL:HF1AN: No, aot too bad.
Just the usual
I guess.
GRANT: Cigar?
Jj-lERHf.N: Thanks.
SHERHA.N T.'iKES CIGAR
When did you start smokin' these
thi1'l.gs a.yway?
GRA-NT: vvell t after Donelson, the reporters
wrote that during the battle, I had a
cigar clamp~ ia my teeth the whole
.fterRooR. When the story got out
folks from allover sent boxes of
cigars. Some of the stuff was especially good tobacco. Well I was accustomed to smoking at pipe--I don't
even remember ~ihy I had that cigar
that afterDoon--but I'm not much of a
person to waste thing.~ So I put
a~ray my pipe t a.nd started smoking' 45
c~g;~rs •
.sHi:;C~r.L\N:
(INDICA.TING CIGAR) You're right ••••
it is good tobacco.
Are you really coltcerned about our
posi tj.oa here?
GHhN'l':
3Hl:;.-<HAN: I believe we're in great daager.
If I were Johnston, the logical thing
for me to do would be to hit you before
Buell got here and you hit me!
Theil what do you suggest?
by Halleck's orders.
GRAI"rT:
I'm bouad
SHzaMAN: McPherso.'s report showed that
eatrenchmeats would do no good, so I
don't see what choice we have but to
sit and wait aud hop~ that the Rebs
are as demoralized as you seem to thi~k
they are. ~vait a:'1d see what ha.ppeas
'till Buell gets here.
GRANT: I know what happeas whea Buell gets
here--we march on Coriath!!
I'll feel .3afer when Buell does
arrive--I'll say that much! Eve.
3HC;,{i't~N:
45~.
t
p. 322.
26.
SH~.~AN:
(CONT.) with iRexperienced men,
there's saftey in numbers.
GRANT: If you were this concerned, why
did.'t you say anythiag at the
conference?
,~HERMl;'N:
They'd just say I was crazy again.
GRAN'r: I doubt that!
Not after t:~e way
you've beea handling yourself. Your
me. have every confidence in you,
and I trust their opiaion.
Halleck has confide.ce in you, and 46
so do i, so doa't worry about it.
Well, perhaps, but I'm still uneasy here.
SHERI'LAN:
GRANT: Oh, there'll be a battle
SOOIl enough.
But I doa't thiak tbv'll strike us-Rot yet amyway. l'Te give. up beiag
afraid of battles---l figure the other 47
guy has just aa much to fear as I have.
SHC:ltl-1AN: And what does Halleck say of all
this'?
GRANT: Jfeep your head, keep 'luiet, vai t
for Buell, and wait for orders.
SHErtMli:N":
GR~NT:
SHEiml.l\ MOV.c;S TO::iAHDTrfE DOOR
Sounds like him.
Yes, yes it does.
(R~l.CFiIKG FOii HIS lU1.T) I guess
ltd better get back to my men, if
,3Hi:.RhAN:
that's all?
BO'I'H GO
.um
'ro
GdANT: Of course.
DECK OF BO,,,,T
;3lERr-L;UI GOi::S DOliN THE
HANP
3H.~Rj\L\N:
Thallks for the ciga.r ••••
GRANT: Any time, any time ••••
SH&Hi·;:'N:
GRU~T:
Goot lijigh t !
Good nght!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _
46.!.£g.
47Catton, Grant Moves South, Pi 13.
27.
GHANT GOl;;S BACK IN3IDE tlND
GO.:,S TO HIS DJ'::3K.
HE B~GINS '1'0 RUI'-U·j,\G;'; 'i'HHOUGH
SOME l-'AP:~ii~; :'.ND FINDS "t LETTER
GR~::'Nir
CU OF' LETTER:
t1Di::AR JULIA,
A BIG FIGHT
FOR BEFORE A
IT APP ,:::A.i~J 'i'C
M~Y
GR~AT
BE
:w'hat? ('1'0 InM;:;~LF) I thought this
was mailed a month ago ••••.• rtll
se~d it anyway, I guess.
LOCKED
WHICH
~TIIL~,
r~E ~'iIl,L
13 \~ 'l'lIE
LA;3T n-.: TH,;;,.I1:;, i'f.
THI~ IS l\lL
Tl1~ fIHE S1]P.lOSING THAT ..IE dILL
BE :;UCCE331i'UL, dHIGH I NEVBR
DOUBT FOR .il. MOJ:.'Lr.;NT"
48
PUTS L.2:I'TEH IN ENV;~LOl:'E, .\ND 'rnEN
IN HIB POCKr.;T.
RlSr::S FHOH CHr1.IR
;.ND GO .b;,s 0 UT Ie DECK.
COIUNTIi, ::'.'l..aLY i::V~.NING.
,5TH.;; T3
ARE FILL.c:D ,"i1'l'H d,~GON3, HORSES,
:lOLDlt:.:HS, THEMl',t~DOU:3 'fRJiF?IC
Ja.M.
MS OF T,\'O INFii.N'fHY i'jj!;H, 6TH
H.H.
r+.RKANSlIS
STANL~Y: I don't recall ever seeing
so many people going absolutely nowhere
illl my entire life! \ve' ve been trying
for three hours just to get out of town!
PARKER: I'd be pretty embarraS8cd if I was
the rascal that drew these orders!
By golly, they don't seem to be
working too well at that, now do they?
STO~H:
LT. MA,30N lUDr.:S
BY
Lt. Mason!
What seems to be the trouble
1;)'l'/d'iL~Y:
MA.SON TURNS
ROW,
Sir?
MASON: A supply wagon's hung up at the
corner, but we've got to get Clebur.e's
division out of the .ext street so the
wago. trai. ca~ get i~ there.
hJ\..30N
:nD~S
OFF.
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-.~
48 Clarence Maca.rtney, Graat
p. 272.
... -----
~
------------------------
His Generals (New York: McBride, 1953),
28.
STANLEY: Well, boys, looks like an, interesting
march ahead ••••
PARKER: Sure looks
'rlIEIR UNIT 13 PRACrl'IC,,,LLY
STANDING 3~rILL.
t~at
way.
STCREY: I heard Lt. Maao. G&y that orders
were.'t very clear, aRd that's whY49
we're all messed up!
'rHl!; NJ.!,j\j Art.:!: ,."AITING IN LINE
OF HA2CH
PARK1.;R: Could be 01' FaJl.cy-Pal\ts Beauregard
just out-faacied himself!
(LAUGH)
You mean JohnstoR didn. t t write
STj\BLEY:
the orders?
:iTORC;Y: Nope! Not what I heard---Beauregar1
did it all himselfl
ST~~NLEY:
That's strange •••• Allyway , we sure
are in a mess.
I'm hungry.
hardtack?
Pi~RKER:
Anybody walilt some
OFFEr<3 H.;RD'r;,CK if 0 l!:ACH HAN
AS HE .sPEAKS.
'l'HEN EATS IT
HIMSELF.
STOREY: You must be huagry to eat that stuffl
No
thanks!
PARK.r.;R:
Henry?
STANLEY: No tl1allks, I've got a hUl1ch you'll
be neediJl.g it later. Tha~ou, anyway.
PARKER: All right!
::TOH~Y:
Hey!
I'll eat by mYGelf, then.
'ile're movin'!
\'ie may get out
of town yet f
LIN:::: BEGUt:; TC HOVt.:.
:~TANLEY:
Possibly •••• wi th a gr<':at deal of
luck!
DI':':;::;OLVE.
,:"T NlCHf'l', 80?IF,::D i,:: ',TZ
FOHCES S'l'AI.LED !\LONG T'TZ
HO/lD.
1st TENNESSEE.
L,~TE
BILLY
SAM
i'/~BSTi;R:
~Jj.'rKIN,~;:
W.2:BSTER:
Hey!
Jam!
Yeah?
How much further do you think
----.--.---.-.-,~-.--.---------------------------
49CattOft, Terrible Swift Sword, p. 225.
29.
'.rX:;B~'T~R:
(C:.NT.) we'll go tonight?
SAM: I don't know, but I'm ready to stop.
;iEBST:::R:
3[LM:
Me
too.
Just thiRk, tomorrow or the ~ext day
we'll be im our fir~t big battle.
WEBST~H:
It's kind of scary, ain't it?
31'..M: Looks like rain •••••
•'IEB.3T ic:H: Lord t
I hope it don't! We'll be
forever! There's no way to get Gut of
it either!
;:;.Ui:
Powder '11 get ''\let.
ia a mess.
Then we
~
be
You know, Sam, this'll be the
first big battle we'Ye eyer been ia.
~EBSTZR:
SAM:
That's just what I said a miRute ago.
L"EBST~R:
I kROW, but it's just ROW souin'
in •••• l ain't ever killed nobody before.
SAM:
Me neither •••
w.EB;jT~R:
,iiORder what it's like ••• killin'
somebody ••
'~AM:
I don't recon you I d know for sure if
you killed a man or not. From what
I hear, the w:-!Ole place i5 so smokY.
you just sort of point ia a general
direction and fire. If a man falls,
how you to know if it was your bullet
that hit him?
At times, I guess that's so, but
what if •••• there's time~, when you pick
a person and shoot •••• if he falls-gets his head blown off, you'd pretty
well know it was you that dOAe,it,
right?
~EBdTbR:
3AM: Somebody else could a picked him too •••
',~EB31';~H:
But so did ;you ••••
SAH: (PAU;3EJ) I'd
good idea if
you could have a pretty
killed him then.
reCOll
JOU
30.
WEBST~R:
Sam, I ain't ever pointed a gun at
a man before ••• l don't know if I could
kill a person.
SAM:
LINE B:'::GIN:3 TO MeVi:
You could, I'd bet, if he was tryi»'
to kill you ••• Don't you think?
'.~EBST6I~:
I'm
SAM:
I guess 1'11 find out
findi~'
findi~'
I'm
dEB.3TER:
I
dolt' t
enough.
SOOIl.
out a lot of things lately.
out I don't like marchin'.
think. I like the army,
Period!
~AM:
You just findin' that out?
di;B.:J'l' l~:t{:
Yeah. • ••• Boy, I S'.lre hope it
don't rain ••••••
DI;3S0LV.b; :
APRIL
4, 1862
HID1~~;
3a.c:RBAN
DL~~10UNTS
T~N'l'.
N~T
Cp.MP 3HILOH
Ij~TO
CAMP
"-ND
IN FRON'I' OF HI,3
LOOK.S VENY
,tiOHdL~D.
ou'r,HDE BY HIS ,HDE,
LT. JOlE,r
r
d
YLOH.
Lf. 'rAYLeR: Is something wrong, air?
SHEHMAN: We've got a lot of picket
goiag on out ther~...
nno
SHh ,jI/jAN GO~:)
TAYLOR FOLLC) ',\S •
fire~
~O
Ti:;N'r;
'rAYLOR: Ye3, Sir, but isn't that normal--
I mean with so ma.ny COlilfedera tes around?
Sfl,';HMAN: Yes!
Bspecially with so many
Co.federates around! That's just
what worries me, Lieutenant!
y~s, Sir.
If you're alarmed,
perhaps we should notify General
Grant.
TAYLOR:
----.--.-- •.....-.- _._--------------------------50William T. Sherman, Memoirs of Gene, al dilliam T. Sller;na:l (Bloom-
iagtoll, Indi,'lna: bdHl.na Unive:'sityPress, 1959). p.
i5?
31.
I iJltend to notify General
Grotnt of O;.lr present situatioll; I
do not intend to notify him of my
alarm.
SH;~HM.';'N:
GOES TO DZ;3K AND IS
Sl~ATED
TAYLOR: But, Sir •••••
Lieute.ant, it is no gr~at secret
that I'm just returlled to command-am I correct?
SH~RMAN:
TAYLOR: Yes, Sir.
The. I suppose you as well as every
ORe else have heard why I was removed
from command ia Kentucky?
SH~~MAN:
T~YLCR:
Well, I •••• I've heard rumora, Sir.
I was relieved of my command because last fall I mistakenly considered
Johnston's army much more numerous,
much more aggressive and much more of
a threat than it turned out to be.
They said I was crazy--worried myself
iato a nervous breakdown--so they ::;i... id.
I doa't intend for a minute to start
shouting the Bame thing I yelled six 51
months ago. Do you understand?
SHERI'.i1!.N:
'fAYLOH: But, 3ir t do you thi.ltk Johnston is
preparing for an .ttack?
SHE;mAN: I doubt i t--in fact I don't believe
he'd do that at this moment.
r1ELOR: Begging your pardon, Sir, but you
don't Gound very convincing.
SHEW'iAN: I dOB't, eh?
Take tills note to
Gecleral Grant: "Good deal of ~hooting
on our picket lines. However, I do
not apprehend anything like an attack
52
on our position."
--------------------------------
-----------.............,.-.--- -- ----
5l Cat t;on, Terrible S,vift S'."ord, p. 229.
52~.
32.
SHZHMAN:
ltd betLer get back out there.
I'm going
to let him draw his own conclusioRs.
Be sure Gr<ut gets that.
,vALKS OUT OF TENT.
DIUSOLVE.
CONFEDi'.:HATE TROOPS HAHCHING.
6TH ARKANSAS
STANLr::y: I don't believe this! Ever since
we left Coriath, it's bee. one traffic
jam after a.other!
PARK.:m: Yea.h, but at least we're on our way
to some action.
I just hope things are better orgaaizad when we get ready for the battle.
A man could get killed! !!!
ST~NLEY:
P,lRKi.:R: You sure .. re a cheerful person.
STANLEY: I guesG this is the place we're -3
all suppoGed, to meet--Nickey's farm?"'
P)~RK.:,R:
STANLEY:
How do you know?
Oh, I don't remember. Heard somebody
say .so •••
JOHN2)TON HIDES BY,
P;'.BKER: iley, Henry!
himself?
ISIl' t that
;;Tj.NLEY: By Jove--i t
is!
J~hnston
,\.fW
ALL TH~ IvL.;:!if CHE.c;R. JOHILJTON
"iA VZ;:; ,-diD ,~:\lILE;), m~N KSSP
NAuCHING.
STANL~Y:
I don't envy him right now.
PARKER: Johnston?
~vhy not?
He's as good
general as the South ever S&wt
It
..JTAlJI,EY: Going into a bat tIe like this-I mean a really important battle, and
have every thin' sort of fall apart.
You know Johnston didn't plan it like
this ••••
P;UtK:::R:
(MUHBEE.5) No, but
Beauregard sure did!
It's a lot of re3ponsibility-that's all I'm trying to say.
STANL~Y:
53Foote, The Civil ~, It 328.
33.
FABKER:
ALL THE Mt:N START 3HOUTING
AND CHE:ii:RING AS TIff; Dt.':ER
BOUNDS DO "..ni' 'rHE LINZ OF
TROOPS.
B~aUi\EGi.RD HIDES UP
B. RIDE,S OF'F.
I recon--Heyl Look!
H'li a deerl
BJ:;AUR"mA?D: (FURIOUS )~uiet !
We're tryin'
to surprise the laakee! Not tell'em
we're here! Don't you men have aay
sense at all? Now keep the nase
down! !
PARKc.;R: (LOOKING ,u"'T r~T( BJ:;AURhGARD) You know,
Henry, I do.'t think I'd like to be
in his ahoes either.
MASON: Hurry up, mea! You're supposed to be
two miles up the road by now.
Move it up! Come on!
3TANLt:Y: ',vell, let's go, 'men" •••• It never
changes---hurry u~ men; you're runRing
late, men. Let's go, men! tramp, tramp •••
Yeah, I know. Looks like that rain
you predicted •••••
PARKGR:
ST~NLEY:
!"lARCH
Looks like it •••••
OFF.
DISSOLVr~.
1..... aCE; ,:.~tr ILL;~c~Y PIECE
AXL.t;-DEL:P IN 1' 1m MUD.
SM'; .'i"t'I'KIN3 AND BILLY
',.JEBST ~H ARt; T ;iYING TO
GET L: OUT.
POUHDTG
DO:iN
RiI.IN.
DRIVl:!:H: (TO HOR;.)'::'S) Come 'on, you •••• geddap!
Come on! Geddap!
"i.'>.GON DOl:.!:SJ:;'T BUDGE.
COL. }lANEY HIDES UP.
COL. MANEY: Get this cannon out of here!
It's holding up a whole colu.al
We're tryi.' , Colonel, Sir.
this thiag won't budge!
DRIV~R:
But
Vl.t,\NEY: \'1ell, then, get some more men over
here!
here!
M~N CCM~
AKD GST BEHIND
I'LeNEY GOES
TIm CitN;'iON.
TO THt. FROh'r OF 'fH,g TEAM
AND 'r.'lK;:;S THl'; HOR8E13
BRIDLE_
You!•• and You and youI
On the Jouble!
Over
34.
~ZBST~R:
Well, bOYS, join the mud brigade!
SAM: Here we are! I. the garden spot of
Teanessee! Making a swift and
important march to the field of
glory!
I-1ANEY:
~)AM:
Ready back
the.~'e'?
Ready, Sir!
MAll!!:Y: All right!
Now heave!
DRIVER: Geddap! Come on, you sow-belliedgood-for-aothia' bag of hor6e flesh!
Geddap!
CANNON MOVES SLIGHTLY
She's a movin', Sir!
MANEY: All right!
All right!
more---come onl
S~M:
A little more--
CANNON JUMPS FOR~IARD IN 0\
LURCH, BILLY ,'1t:BSTER LOi.Eo
HIS FOOTING AND FALLS FACE
FIHST IKTO TIL~ T''iUD •••• OTH;~HS
Bi.HIND THJ~ ~'1AGON t CHEER£
ING ',l1TH t1ANY AS CANNON IS 54
PULLl::D B.,\Ci<: ONTO THE Ru.m.
KEEP
(RIDES BACK 'ro OTHElia) ('ro DRIV~R) Try
to keep it out of those from .ow on,
Corporal, all right?
1·:'il.NEY:
DRIVJ:o.;R: Yes, Sir!
C;MILES AND 3ALUTES)
MiamI: Well done, meR. (GRINNING) eh---You
better get you friend ou t of th(-re.
MANEY NODS AT BILLY
~'iHO
IS
l!:MERGING l".E1:0M 'l'HIi; HUD
COVK,iED i'RON Hj!;AD TO F'Oor1'.
SAM:(GRINNING) Yes, Sir. Thankypu, Sir.
~~NEY
~IDE3
OFF.
OTH~RS
TUHN '1'e BILLY WHO t S 'lHPING
THl!; MUD OUI O.F' HIS EY~.S AND
SPITTING IT OUT OF HIS
SAM: Boy-howdy!
MOUTH.
----.-~-.-------
54~.• ,
p. 327.
.-.-
..----~~
-......... ~
Ai.tt he a sight!
.-.-~.~.------------
35.
~irong t Webster?
had Game problem standin' up?
MAC CANPBELL: Wha.t' s
You
SAM: (REACHING 1\ H.:\ND TO BlLLY) Here, sive
me your hand, Billy.
MAC: That's pretty bad, when a foot-soldier
can't eveu stand up!
ANDY: He ain't never had no trouble before •••
1'1,\C:
ALL LAUGH.
(LAUGHS) What's the problem, Billy-hittin' the bottle again?
BILLY OO~3N'T
THAT FJNNY.
THINK IT'S ALL
JUST SCRAPE:S THE NUD
OFF.
MAC: (POKING ANDY ~'iIL;:)ON) You know, by JOTe,
I think it improves his looks--all that
mud!
BILLY SCH_,,-F i3 _'' ' Ill\.NDFULL
OF MUD Ol. . F TUE l"RO:Wr OF' HIM
AND SLAPS TH~ IJHOLE H~~\m­
FULL Hi M.-"iC';3 FACE JUS'l' AS
lIE TUill\S B;;CK ARCUN:9:
ALL
UP.
L;~UGH.
COL. MANL:;Y
You know, Hac, I think it improves
your looks too!
\\IEn:~TER:
RID~S
t1ANEY: Rest stop!
Hold up here!
'i'dke a
break!
BILLY: Well, I'll be!
SAN: Somethill' must be up--they wouldn't
just stop us to rest •• not in this rain •••
MAN~Y:
Gather 'round here!
G~ther ~oundt
I have a letter here froll! the commander
of the Army of the ~lississippi. I want
you all to keep quiet and hear what
General JOIaa;on has to say to yO"J..
I'd jUfit as .,oon he'd say we \"ias
we was gain' home.
BILLY:
MANNBY: (l~r';";'DI::J}) fI.3oldiers of the Army of
Mississippi: I have put you in motion
to offer battle to the i.vaders of your
coun try. ldi th resolution and disciplined
valor becoming ~en fightinG as you now
are, for all worth living or dying for,
you can but march to a decisive victory
ovcrLthe agrarian merci~~riea seat to sub-
MA~EY:
(CONT.) jugate and d~spoil you of
your liberties, prosperity and honor.
Remellber the dependence of JOur
mothers, your wives t your sisters t
and your chil1ren on the result;
remember the fair, bread-abounding
land t themppy homes and ties that
would be desolated by your defeat.
The eyes and hopes of eight millions
of people rest upon you. You are
expected to show yourselves worthy of
the women of the 30uth who::;e no blc
d0votion im thiJ war ha~ never been
exceeded in any tinl':: .~'iith such incentives to brave deeds, and with the
trust that God is with us, Jour Generals
will lead you confidently to the
combat, asaured of success.
A.S. Johnstoll,
General
55
.\S MANEY FINI:3Hl<;S, 'l'B 2: Hfm
AH~ ALL .SI1ANT.
AFT.i!:R A
BRIEF MOHEH'l' Ht; SP.:c.;AKS
M't~TEY:
You heatti the General, men. We t ve
got work to do. Let's get moving.
ANDY: (TO ShM) You k.ow, Sam, it don't seem
so much fun and games when he puts it
that way, does it?
...iAI1 PUTS
H~~.s
i:L'l.ND ON ANDY'S
S; .. t·1: No, boy, it; doesn't.
SHOULD~~R
Not one bit ••••
ALL PR;:;PL;HE '1'0 hOVt: OUT.
I'lANEY GIV.6~; rH~ uHD:m AND
THEY HAHC ~i DO·'il'j CHf~ RC AD
IN .i.'THE RAIH.
DISSOLlfB
HE'"\D;(UART~H:3
JOHN;";TON
Il~
Tll~~
BUR~)'lS
n;
6
AT 140NT.t:REy5
SITTII.JG AT T:\BL:S
FHUHT HOOH.
B~~AUREGAHD
IN T!iE DOOR OlIT OF THE
JO~nL:TON:
R.;.IN.
(LOOKING Up) How does it look out
there':
B~AUl{i!:G!\HD: U>LAPS HIS H,\T uN IlL::> 'rIHGH AS
H~ SP"=;AKS) It couldmtt ~ any worse ••••
55~.,
56
2B •.,
I
t
X, 400.
37.
B~~UREGAHD:(CC~].)
we might as well h&vo
\"'ritteu the Yankee:> Ct formal !10tice
that we were on our way!
JOHNJTON PUTS DO'o'lN HIS p:,p;~~~~
AND GIV~S FULL ATTENTION TO
B;:;l~UlLE;GJ\.RD,.
J3t·~;lUH~G.,FW
PllCINd 13ii.GK I\.ND FOi(TH IN
FRU ..:>T:a"l' ION.
IS
JCHNjTCN: All right, Pierre, calm down
and tell me what the problem seeffi8
to be. I am well aware that we are
runninc lat~r th~n we had planned ••••
B~AUR.G;UiD:
(INT..i:RHUP'l'nm) Later than we
planned! Sir! We were 6uppose~ to
attack at dawn tomorrow. Half of our
troops areR't even~re yet--and won't
be until at least noon! ---If we're lucky!
JOHN3'rON: Is Bragg ill positi •• yet?
Jus;;; about. He O)ot lit late
start from Corinth, and the head of
his colum. didn't reaca here until
about one o'clock thia aft~r~ooR!
I thi1k it's all just about here by
now.
BEAUREGARD:
JOHN~)
l'ON: Well, now, Bragg did have an exoeptiol'lally long columll, aad this rai ..
didn't help either.
thct, General! But all of
that doesn't alter the fact that
tomorrow we were supposed to attack,
aad more than half of the army isn't
here yet. They're aot in positi~n--or
B.llywhere Ilear position to ca.rry out the
attack! Our whole pla. of battle hiaged
upon surprise--our march has bee. noisy,
disorgaftized; men haVe been cheering, singing--evea tiriag weapoAs!
It the Yankees
doa't know we're hear, they've got te
be either dekf or ju~t plaia stupid!
BEAURSG,iRD: I KNm'l
JOHN3TON: Ha.ve you heard from Breckiaridge yet?
BEAUREGARD: No, Sir.
he is!
JOHNSTON:
I dom't kaow where
Alld Hardee and Polk?
B2:"Ii UR:C;GARD: Now that Bra.gg is ill posi tio.,
or nearly there, Polk and Hardee have
been able to begin to clear the junctioA,
but it will be afternooD before they
fiJtish, al'ld we'll have to put Breckin-
38.
BhAUHEGARD: (CONT.) ridge ia position 57
also.
JOHNSTON: If there is one thing that
I'veained from this, it's a good
lessoR.
BEAURBGAHD:
JOHN::.;TON U,CKS aT BE:-UREG:1RD
A.:a.d that
is •••
JOHNSTON: This. If there is o~e thing that
you caanot expect QI' an ulltr.iaed army,
it is to move frGm one place to another
efficielltly.
I hope, you, too remember this 103soa,
Pierre; it may prove quite valuable t058
you ia the future.
BEAUREG,nw: Gemeral, I dOl'l't
go . l l as plaaned ••••
see
how we Call
Of course l'lot as planned. But a
good army is a.lt adaptable one. lie will
modify our plane: to the situation, a.nd
\..re will continue.
JOHN:;TON:
B;':;:'l.UREGARD: But, Sir t everything depended
on surprising the enemy, which we both
seem to agree is impesbible at this stage.
r see no other course of action but to
turn around aad ge back to Coriath to
regroup aRd begim agai8.
JOllN;:)TON RI.Tt;S FHOM CH:\.Il:{
AND GRIMLY GAZES DIJECTLY
General! W'e have come this far;
we will continue. If we are to win this
war, we cannot turB our tails and run
every time something does not turn ou~
as we planned.
JOm;'.~TON:
AT BEAUi:tEG/\.RD
I agree, Sir, but Gurely these
are special circumstances--our whole
army is at stake! If we are defeated--
B.c.;i.;JRr~G;\.RD:
JOHn3TON: (SLOdLY.!.ND DELIB~a;j •.'bLY) General
Beauregard, our whole country is at
stake! If we go back aow, and Buell
joins Grant befera we retur., we'll be
outBumbered by at least 20 thousand!
57Foote, The Civil
58cat~oR'
!!.!!.'
It 327.
Terrible Swift Sword, p. 225.
39.
JOHN.~)TON:(CONT~)
•••• If we are defeated then,
as surely we mu·;;t be, Corinth will
fall and with it our mOot importaat
east-west liRe of supplies and communieatioRs. Do you think, Sir, that beeauae of a little rain, a little noise,
and a lot of disorganization, we should
€jive theoe thi1ll.gs as well as our army
to General Grant?
BEAUREGARD: (ANGRY '3Ur POLI1'E) No, Sir.
JOHNSTON Ri:;TURN.3 'fe CHXIR
AND :JITS
Then I suggest you spread the word
to the other commanders that the battle
59
will be delayed twenty-four hours.
JOHNSTON:
BE.aUHl:.:GARD NODS '.d) JUH~L;TOH
AND 3ALUTiS, TURNS :J.UICKLY AND
GOES OUT tEE DOOR Il{TC 'fHE
R:-.IN.
JOlir~.jTON
.::?l':TUHN.:) HIS
A'l"l'l!:N'.L'iON TO HIS FAF1'.:a3.
UNICN CA1"!P. Ril.INING }L·t3D.
,'l.BOr,RD GILHT t S H.: .• BOAT,
l'IGR.c:S.;i •
GRi\.NT, s .. ..:::Rr-JAN, NC CI,i';rmAND,
w-J,U.JLACl!; ,~ND Pi<ENTI33 G,\TH':':.;BD
ArtOUND il. 'r.d.BL':':;.
il LAN'I' ERN
HANGING FHOM TH'::' CEILING O"lc:.R
IfEi'.. T;,BI...o:; 1:.5 .srd.~YING G..:!::n'LY
rtJ TIlE B0il.T ROCKS BACK AND
li"ORTH.
SOUND: RIVi;R ..li\rr;~R JLi;.PPING ,IGAIN;jT THl!: BO,.. T
A~m TIL'; JOCK.
THUNLlER.
R,q,IN, jUW OCCASIONAL
GRANT: Gentle.e., I just received this note
from Gen. Halleck. He hus reported
Gea. Buell to be about 40 miles away,
near ~vaynesboro. That was this morning,
so I feel we can safely expect Buell
by Sunday or Monday at the 1.teGt.
PHi';NtISc:): Then we'll march on Corinth?
GRANT: Once Buell is here, we'll be able to
march, yes. Halleck cautioned us about
engaging the enemy before that, howeYer.
I'll read what he wrote:
liDon't Jet tile enrney draw :t0u into
59~ .. ,
p. 227.
.40.
GRANT: (CONT.) an engagement now, wait uatil
you are properly fortified and receive 60
orders.
ivALLACE: That could be difficult, co nsidering
all the firing that's been going on
along our pickets since yesterday.
Exactly. That's why 1'11 stay here
each night until I'm sure that t~e camP61
is secure until the next morning.
If I did3't have to meet Buell at Savaanah,
I'd move all my head1uarters down here.
1R,~IfI':
McCLEi,n';;'_ND: Sir, Halleck mentioned S0!!let;ling
about being properly fortified ••••
are we going to fortify, Geaeral?
GR;UIT: I per"onally dOll' t
thiRk fortificatiOll
is practical or necesG~ry for our situation,
as I said at our last meeting. Since
Buell is expected wi~hin two or three
days, I don't think we'll have to be
here long eRough to be concerned about it.
The position of our camp it> so
naturally strong, with onake Creek Oll
our right--a deep and bold stream, Owl
Creek to our right froat, and Lick Creek
to our left--the space over which \~e r.1ie;ht
be attacked i8 only about a mile and a
ha.lf wide. I agree with General Grant
that we should be able to control that
amount ef area without extensive fort- 62
ificatiolls.
JII:btlHfl.N:
GRi.NT: Are there ally other :i uec tion~ cOllcarlting
fortifications or thB note from Jeneral
Halleck? (PAUSE) I can onLY reiterate
that we must avoid a nerious conflict with
the el1erny until Buell arrives, so keep
your men in check, Gentlemen.
------.---------------------------60
Foote,
~
Civil
~,
I, 327.
61 Bradford, Battles and Leaders, p. 85.
62Shermall, Memoirs, p. 257.
41.
ALL: Yet"
Sir.
G.tLl~J:
Now, we do know that the Gonfederat;es
are around thic area in conHiderable
force, however, I am not terribly alarmed
by this fact. As I said before, I don't
expect them to attack, and I don't
consider this force to be the whole
Rebel army by any means--I! I did, I
would h&lJe prepared a few more deta.iled
orders. However, I doa't think it ever
hurts to be prepared--evea for that which
we don't expect--so these orders have been
issued and sent to each of your
divisioJts:
"In case of alarm, night or d&y,
regiments and brigades should form promptly
on their parade grounds and await orders.
Of course, if attacked, the immediate
command~rs prcBent must give the neces-63
aary orders for defense."
If there are no further queGtions, then
I think. that will be all for tonight; I
haven't been feeling too well, and I
think I'll rest a bit before I finish
my work here at the landing. (P~{u.:L';) 64
Then, goodnight, Gentlemen.
OTHERS: Goodnicht, General.
3HERM\N: I didn't know you were ill, Sir.
Nothing serious, something I ate perhaps. The whole thing left me a bit
weak is all.
G~~UT:
,)HJ';;Hr'il~N:
~uickstep seems to be gain' around,
Sir. 'LIt cam get out of hand &mmetimes--worse than a battle ••••
GRAN'r: I dontt think weIll have that problem
here. Just have the men be careful and
take precautions with food and water.
SHERt-1AN: Yes, Sir.
FOLLOvJ
.:3H.!:a~:,jXN
CUT
Goodnight, Sir.
OF BeAT,
LIGHTS CIGAH AND JUKES UP
THE HILL TO HIS HORSE.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
63J '.F. Fuller, ~ Generalship 21 Ulysses S. Grant (Bloomington,
Indiana: Indiana UBiversity Press, 1929), p. 3867
64
Bruce Catton, "Grant at Shiloh,"
1960), 67.
iune~ Herita~,
XI (February I
42.
POURING RAIN, RID::;H
,~PF[{O.lCHL".s
AS SrlbRi.:iid,r :'10UN'l'S ilL.> HUH;).!!:.
RIDLH: GeIl'ral Sherman!
::m=mMAN:
General 3hermi;ln!
What is it?
aIDER: Sir, I have spotted Confederate infantry, Sir, along our
lin~s!
~'Jhat
should
we do, Sir?
have positive orders to do nothing
that will have a tendency to bring an
engagemen~ until 3uell arrives."
65
SHERI'·LiN: I![
There's not much we can do.
PAU;.:iZ A':;
l·Un~R
LOOKS AT
HIM BLANKLY.
Come on, let's go have a look.
SHERi'4.\.N ;-\J:JD RID..::.R ~nDE O?l".
DISSOLVi:; TO GRti.NT BieCK Hi
BOAT.
ltPH:::R;;ON :
,'iould you like Gome coffee, General?
GRANT: (;HGliHiG) Yes, I would, than};rpu.
LOOKS
BlaNG
'l':~"""llRD
\'~INDO\"',
LIGHTSOUND: TITurmim
GR1.rrl': You know, I hOPE! this rain doesn't hold
Buell up too long.
McpaGJ:;ON: I don't see how it won't, General.
These roads could get almost impassable
for artillery or other heavy equipmeat if
it rains too long.
I know. I'm just itching to get stArted,
I guess, and all I get from Halleck is
repeated ~essages !2! to do anythinG!
By Jupiter, we rridn't come all the wny
down here not to do anything, and we
didn't have-to wait for Buell before we
could take Donelson and Henry, either!
GR~NT:
McPH~H~ON:
GR~NT:
OR
Halleck must have his
r~asons,
Sir.
I'm sure he does. But I'd like to get
with this war beiore someone else does.
M~PHERSON:
But you said you weren't expecting
an attack, Sir.
GR.\iH: I'm not--not nO\1, anyway. But if you
aiL around bag enough, 6omethillg's
bound to happen--and it usually Goes a
little better for you if Jou're the o~e
G tarted things moving.
, I don't like sitting here doing no thin,;
,,,,hile Buell takes hiB own sweet tim.e
getting here. Ten days to build a bridge
that could have been built in 24 hours!!
What does he thiAk those Cenfederates are
doiag in Corinth a.nyw';ty--playing parlor
games? They may be tired ROW, but they'll
get rested enough to start some action 66
if we don't get to them firut.
GRAN'f: (CONT.) who
HcPHEH:;ON: You said yourself, Buell should be
here by Sunday or Honday--at the most
that'G only three daYG.
GRUIT: (THOlJGHTFULLY~ Three days •••• There's
a large body of Confederate3 to ehe right
of us alone the Mobile and Ohio railroad.
I'm more concerned for Crump's LaRdiag
than for PittI5burg--U' there is any
activity. it'll probably be there.
Kxcuse me, Sir t I have
Lew Wallace.
f~.1.',~LINS:
Iii
telegram from
GRl:'NT: Let's hear i:-.
R,\'llLINS: flJoh. A. Rawlins, Captai II and ,lssistaJlt
to Adjutant General: The news of thE: rainforcelilent of Rebel troops at Purdy is
confirmed. There are now eight
regiments of infaatry and 1200 caTalry at
that town, with an equal if aot larger
b$dy at Bethel four miles back of it.
The object of the maement is not known.
As a measure of precaution, I ... ould respectfully ask the G8l,cr~1 to ha~~tell down.
to me that battery aawly as:.~ig;ned to my
divi:3iolt, to ,,,,hit, 3toaes, and l'1arkerClfI3 •
•••
Lew Wallace, GeReral,
67
3rd Divisiolt.
"
McPHi~RSON:
G~lNT:
Lew Wallace is the target then.
~ell,
he's isolated. Sherman's keeping
the situation, though. I do:}'t
really think the CORfe~~r~te8 could or
Iolould try to take eith<!r pl.i.ce, l)d.t ;;r'.1li
h~v~ ~o be aware of the possibilities ••••
especially considering this last illtorI1atjol'l.
You~ll take care of &trra'lg'~:\ent3, John?
'"
an eye
66CattoD" Terrible Swift Sword, p. 67.
67
Grant, Memoirs, p. 171.
011
44.
GRAi'iT SI'!,S UP 1NDL1STEN3
SOUND: GUN
:F'IRE IN
'lId ~ DlS'J.'·1.:'{CS.
GRA;;T: Did you hear that?
Ye", Sir, I did.
I t sounds too
heavy for just s~iper fire.
McPHi!:rL~ON:
GRANT RISES AS HS SPEAKS
I was thinking the same thing.
Get my coat and ;lat.
GR{~NT:
SOTJN.J:
GUN FIRe; IS HSAVJBR,
McPH:~RaON:
i';
i'~
~llUND_:';H,
RAIN.
I t ' oS hard to tell jtL1t hOH heavy
'"lith all t:li-5 "",\ill an.d thu:l1·~r.
The o.aly thillg to do il:; ride out there
and see for myself.
}RANT:
SOUND: HORS::!: GALLOPING DO"m Ttl~ PI,-;R AND .;;TCPPING SUDDENLy •••• RUN~HNG FOOT;:iTEPS ON'.rC
THi:: BOAT.
TliUND,~R.
RAIN.
ME;.)!J:<;['CGER: (OUT OF BR .,\.'rH) Gene all
Gene.::'al
Grant, Sirl
~il.LUTE3,
'::;O.\KED
GRA~T:
At ease.
What iu it?
I'j.E.S'L:':G.ed: Col. Buckland, Sir, has encoulltered
~ebel
68
cavalry. It seems they jumped a
picket post on the Corinth road a few 69
mileo from here. They carried off an
officer and 7 men. Col. Buckland sent a
company to their relief and Gen. ~herman70
sent a whole brigade!
~ whole brigade, eh?
I'd ~etter get
out there. Col. hcPhercon, have my horse
saddled immediutcly. (POINT3 TO CHAIR
BY ,iTOVE) ;Vlly doa't YOll sit dO\>Jn and
warm up a minute t before you take me back
to the action.
GR~NT:
GRANT POURS 1~ CUP CF CCr'F-t:i!:
.tlND HANDS IT TO 'rH.c.; ME~:i;fmG~R
MES_:t:NGER: 'fhallk.JOu, Sir.
68 Sherman, Memoirs, p. 229.
69Catt0l1, "Grant at Shiloh," p. 67.
70"h
·
u ernan, M
em01rs,
p. 257.
45.
McPH~HSON:
Your horse in ready, Sir.
Gi:U,NT: Let's go.
l~i;D hE0.~.t:NG'JR
GR.i..NT
INTO IrE H,'IIN, MOUNT
Colonel.
GO 0 UT
A~m
JUjT A3 THEY
OFF.
]ID~
Tha.l1k~out
·~;j.H.L. W.,n,LACS
RID.c.;S UP TC NC ilH.i::R.30N dHO
IS .sT'AliDI1K3 IN 'I'H~; DOOR C F
'l'H.:~ GUNBOh'I'.
DISAPPK,R,
:'4 II. L. ,JALLACE: What seems to be the trouble?
McPII.ERSON: Reb cavalry hit Buckland about
two miles from here. Grant went over
to see what t~e trouble was for himself.
WALIK:E: Did he go by himself?
i'!cPHE~~30N:
Buckland' G
me~'..;.;enger
was vii th :lim.
{ALLJ\C£: I think I'm going after him.
This
night is terrible. You can barely see
the road at all! I don't think he should
be out t:_ere almo:st by him.3elf like that-God help us if we lose him at a time
like this, and anything could happen.
McPH";R3C:N: You're right!
!,~ait
a minute "ihile
I get my hat, and I'll go with you.
McPtL::R.ON
CABIN AND
GOi~,;
n:TO
TH,~
ldfrUl.~N;:;,~ITn
Ci~P.t.;
h STROKE Of LIGWfENING ILLUMINi:.T.t:S TIjE .3KY .fUR
A~D
J~T.
A NOM'::;NT ,rtbN THE lHG:I'i'
BLACK
I:~
FOR THi<~ LIGHI'
FROM T!b 130,:.T.
m~ GC';:;,; DCdN
iXC~p'r
TH.c£ fU:",·.l1P
MOUNTS.
'.r:-)
E13 HG:t{SE i\.ND
ioJALL\.CE:
Readyf
M6PHEHSON: Let's go!
TM.!!.Y .tUDE UFi:" Ul) TfL HILL.
LIG ::iT ENING.
DIS,:.>OLVE.
G;~ANl'
r.:;
l'10U~i'rS\)
'l'0 BUCKL,iND,
H~lN.
:~L,O
LIGHl'SNING
.'l1m 'I'
~ING
MCUNTi'~D.
Jourm:
THUfWi:l.
GR~NT:
You didn't see any infantry, eh?
BUCKL~~D:
No, Sir, just cavalry.
G,iAj;T: Things reem to have quieted down now.
BUCKLArm: I wasn't expecting artillery, Sir.
Cavalry, snipers, infantry--but not
artillery! Does this mean they're plaaning an all-out attack?
46.
GR,NE: I have no way of knowing just what they
are planning, Colonel Buckland, But
a mussiYe attack, I rather doubt.
({e know they've be211 L1 the dl'·}:l for l;h~
last two days, and you can't expect to
have two such large opposing force3
witiin 20 miles of each other and not
expect some activity.
BUCKLAND: Artillery?
GRAJT: Yes, even artillery. Those guns probably belonged to th,.:t cavalry unit. 71
That's not at all unusual.
BUCKLAND: Yes, s .. r. I guess not. ,'Jell, it
lookG clear <3noush no \'1 • I don't look for
any more trouble tonight.
Nor do I. And I do need to get back to
Savannah before much later.
GR~NT:
BUCKLAND: Of course, Sir.
If anything new developes t be sure to
let me know immediately, understood?
GR~NT:
GRA1T: Well, then, I'll be on my way back to
the landing.
3UCKL,;iolD: vJouldn' t you like an escort, Sir?
No nc,cd. Your
men are tired. Let as
I"
many of them stay in our of the rain
as possible.
I'll be fine, but thanks
anyway.
GRA~ir:
BUCKLAND: If the General's surG •••••
GRANT: I'm sure,
(3~LUTE3)
BUCKL.. ND: (SALUTING) G60d
goodni~ht,
~gh t,
Colonel.
General.
GliH.NT TURN:;; HIS HGR . ;r~ .trW
HEADS Or-'F IH1'G rrH~ DARK COR-
INTH RUAD.
O.CASIONAL LIG]Tl::NING ILLUM:':N,','':; 1:;8 TTl::; .~KY. 72
RIDE'::' INTO FOREs'r.
---------------_.__ __ __ __._-_._-------_._-_..•.
.
._.
71.lli.2,., p.229.
72Catton, "Grant at Shiloh," p.67.
.
~
"-
. --.-.-
SOUND: HOOF l::lE!i.TS
RrlIN, ',>lIND.
ON
TH~
MUDDY ROAD.
THUND~R.
GRAN'r: (TO HIS IICR.:)l!:) This is a me3G t j Sn 't
it, boy? Guess we'll have to try to
stick to the road--l'm gonna leave that
to you, because I sure can't cell where
i': is!
LIGHT c.;NING RL!lEALS
RID~J(;3
T~~O
APPHO/\.CHING
iHND, HAIN, THUND::;R.
?J,)Ui'W:
GRANT: (ALARMED) I wonder who that could be.
We'd get off the road, but we might
never get back on again •••• ca~'t see
a thing in this dark .•••
LIGHTl!;NING
SOUND: THUNDER
GRANT: ',{ho goee t:!1ere?
RIDi::..RS
~UD~
1LMO ..iT TO HIM
INtro 'II::;.'!,
HOki your fire, Sir.
alldllall[;.ce!
NcPH'::;~;30N:
l~lGHT
It's McPherson
IJ:~XT
10 GRANT
GRANT: You 3"e me a bit of a. start::Jwre.
Can't see a thing in this ~sted rain.
WA.LOCE: That's what we were concerned about,
Ge~~ral.
We didn't figure you should
be out here by yourself.
GRgNT: Well, that's very kind of YGU, but I
think I can handl~~ a bit of a thunderstorm.
McPHER~ON:
We're sure Y0U could, 01r. ~e
mi-.:;ht like ::ome company.
ju~t
tholt,2'It YOIl
i'iALJ£E: How il':; the situat.'on with Buckland,
Sir?
GRANT: All quiet now, ••• they had a few piecesof
artillery, v!,ough, that cavalry.
I thought I heard artillery, but I
couldn't be sure with all the thunder.
McPH~~JON:
G;:U)J'I': It's all ::{uieL
nO'tl; I don't think we'll'
have any more tr0ujle toni---
GR..;lNT';3
nw,
HOR ..,~;: .i,03-.:.:)
IT,~
FOOT-
hLLS. ;.}R:cNT
I;:; PINNED B t TEt.: LEG. ',v\LIJ:'C.E
XND Mclffi.cR30N Dl~)HCUHT .. \iD lWN
'I'O ElK;.
R.i:~.1R~~
A~',.J
McPH~RJON:
General!
~re
you all right?
(OBVIOU:)LY IN J:.liIN) Horse •• lost its
footing ••• my ankle ••• tid:;; whole leg is
pinned under him •••••
G1LNT:
48.
WAI.,lACE TRIBS
fro
G,~;T
THE HOR'::;E
WALLACE:
UP.
Eas~
boy, come on •••• easy, now •••
HORS..:.. G.wTS UP .:.. ND ',-j.;iL:GflCE
.tUIcKLY CHECK,;:) FOR BRCKEN
BOl\~,s,
TOnH HUSCLES t ETC.
RETURNS TC GrtANT AND IV,cPH.:;rt:;OH, dUO L:; EXAHH,;rNG
GHAiJff ,~; LBG.
McPHERSON:
It doeGn I t seem to -jJe broken, 73
Sir.
This soft ground L3 the only thing that 74
saved you from a break. You're lucky, 3ir.
GR"NT: It's the ankle
that'~,
bad, John ....
Is my horse injured?
dAJ~L.1Cr~:
No, :3ir, just frightened.
I'll ride
him back to the landing, and we'll put
you on my horse ••• we don't want yours
to spook and throw you. de'd best get
you out of this weathee as soon as
possible.
McPHi::RSON: I agree. Dc you think you Can
ride, 3ir?
GRi,NT: I don't knold if you I d call it ri:ling;,
but I'll sit the horse.
RAIN }'.ALLIl\G FURIOUSLY. LIGh'T~llING .GV;.::RY:il'iERi. 31.' jiOIW '"In:;).
McPUC:RSON HDLPS GHAr-IT UP ON
TIll:; }lORSE,;HIL~; ;J.\LL:'~C;:; HOLD,:)
TUb
l~EIN'~.
HcPI;SU:..JOH: All right,
Genf;rari
GRaU: I'm fine.
,j".;L;CS: 'ATe'll jU:3t take it kind o~' Lilow until
the horse get sure of the road again.
How far do you think it is, John?
McPH~R~ON:
About a mile •••
,dALLAC£: Hang on, General, i-Ie '11 be there .::;oon.
GHid~T:
RIJ)E DC"N TnE;
RC,~D
I'm fine, let's get startc::d.
IN :HO.RM
DISSOLVe;
ABOARD GUNBOAT, HiUN ~OUM.
DR. IL~R'1'.3HCHN Cell"";::'; OUT OF
liRXT ROOH, C:r..CSBS DOOR ·'Ult';TLY.
----.-.-.---.~.-.~-.-------------"-------.--------
73~.
74 Grant"
!<iemoirs, p. 172.
C;\PT. R,'lIiLIN.S: Col. NcPher,30n, Gen. ~"iallace,
this is Dr. Harttinrn of General Sh r2rman' s75
staff. He was dDw!l here get tinG' :;UP1)lieG,
so I asked him to tend the General.
Doctor, Gen. ~allace and Col. McPherson.
HART~HOHN:
How do you do?
I1CPHL~H00N:
How, is General Grant, Doctor?
HARTSHORN: Not bad; his ankle was badly twiGtere,
but not broken. It's badly swollen-we had to cut his boot off--and he'll
have to be on crutches a day or two, but
he'll be fine.
WALL~CE:
Good, he had me scared for awhile.
HARTSHORN: YEE, I can under:'tand that. .:el1,
I need to get back to my civision.
Generul Grant 6hould rest tonight and
keep off that acltle as much as possible.
Don't forget the crutches--for ac long 76
as you can keep him on them.
'il/hich won't be very Ion ..:, I'm afraid.
Thank you, doctor, and Sood night.
HA'iiLI:~.3:
H~RTSHORN:
Yes, good night to you, gentlemen.
dutch those roads, Doctor; be careful.
:
that.
Sl,-:<T:-J.i{O~N
H1:; GO"':;;;) ou'r
Yes, I'll be sure to do
Goou night.
DOOR, PUL':",ING
CLOSE, TIr;;;
lTl~
lIE COLL.;"R UP
(SMIL~S)
!~.HD
.i~LLAC~:
DOOHdl~HnU~n1.
I'd better be SOlnS, too.
HcPH:i:R::,;ON: Thanks, Genel'al--for stopping by
and helping with the G0ne~al and all.
'LlLLi,CE: Hy pleasure •••• I think a lot of him
too, you know.
GO~S
OUT INTO fHri aAIN.
IlL HO lJJI';~
~-U.;
IICRSE
McPti~2~ON:
Arm
RIDES CFl" •••. DI,)~,CLV':::.
75Sherman, Memoirs, p. 257.
76Catton,
"G~ant
at Shiloh," p. 67.
See you in
Watch the roads!
t~e
morning.
50.
APRIL 5, 1862. FOGGy:\:m
ML;TY IN THC;<fOOD,m 'cI~":,_~. 77
S:lH : I'm ,soaked!
BILLY: Me too! You suppose they'll let us
sleep a little before t'leY send us out
to fiGht the Yanks?
SAM: I don't know, but if tbey don't we're
gcana lose for sure!
MAC:
Hey!
Look!
The
sunls comin' out!
BILLY: Tharu{ the Lord for 3mall favorG!
J~M: I'd say stoppin' the rain was a big favor,
(LOOKING Up) I thank you for it--sincerely!
I just thouc;ht of <3omethin'. \'lhat if
our "};Dwder t s wet! ---i t won t t shoot! Why
we'd be like aittin' ~UCk8!
BILLY~
MAC: That's right!
BILLY: 'Nhat'll we do? I'd hate to look at a
Yank down the barrel of a gun that won't
go off!
MAC: I'd reCOll we ought to try it out!
SAM: I don't
HAC:
k~ow
as that's such a good idea ••.
J:.,'veryene else seems to be •••
30 UND: HL,'I;E SHOTS.
MAC: You got any better GUZGestions?
SAN: No, I jU;3t don't think •••••
~Ll.C:
fln' we could get il. Ittle brea1cfast in the
bargain. I seen lots of rabbits around
here.
BILLY: hll right!!
MAC: That's somethin' movin' over there •••
BILLY: Suppose it's a deer?
SAM: It could be ~ man ••••
HAC: It'd have to be a yank! No Reb'd be
sens;Less enough to be walki.' around
in the woods without singin' "Dixie" er
somethin'.
BUSH RUS'rL£8" MAC P~~SPAR!::,:i
SAM: I'm
te11in' you, Mac ••••
TO SHOO'r, SAN KNOCKS l'Hi:: RIFLE
'1.'0 THE
GlmU!!1~.,.~_~~
77~.
~. I
CI~Il.SCli~m
,
I~
_ _ _ ,," ,_~._. _ _ _ _ _ _
GC;S CE'ji'.
't ness t p.
>!.yew~
178 •
51.
CONFED1:c.. aTJ~ SOLDIi!:; ',L:,.LK.3 OUT
OF THi:; dOOD.3.
MAC: (.!...NGRY) Now, why' d you GO an' do that,
Sam :vatkins? You had no ri.:::sht •••••
SAM NODD3 ~W TIL~ CONFt: 1) .•:
:~1-m i'i~_~C IS CAUGjlT IN 'rin MIDDL-:;
O~.,
A 3EN'fEHCr.;. HE JU.::lT
:,:(,,,£«'.;;3 ••
'~:H;JY8R:
Howdy!
SAM: HO"'Jdy!
:"';,\.\-lY:.:.R:
Who are you?
(REACHING T? ~H:;.Ki; lEND;.;) Nam(~' G B.E'.78
Sawyer.
25th alabama.
SAM: I thought the 25th was ill another division.
SAWYER: It is, but in all the rain and confusion, I got separated~from my regiment. I
was hopi.' maybe you could tell ~e
where they were.
SAM: Sorry, can't help you there. I doalt
know. :le've just been goin' where they
sent us and marchin' a let. I couldn't
tell you for sure where we are, let
alo~e another diYisiom.
3AWYER: You camp here laat ni~ht?
MAC: You kiddin'?
They've 3arched us here
and there a~d back again. March awhile,
rest awhile. Never enough of either to
do much good. Right now, we're waitin'
u::ltil HOrrl·ebody gets what ever f s in the
way,and holdin' us up, out of the way so
we ca. get where we're goin'--where everSO
th.at is!
SOUND: REB.c:;L YELL IN
DI.sl'A:~C':;.
ANDY:i'lltat was that?
3A~'IYER:
You mean you iJ.in'
t :'lov!)r heara t'lat
before?
lrlDY:
~o,
~~11~R:
I haven't.
You ain't never heard this •••• ?
ANDY: That's just awfull •••
SAM:
Send:i chills up my spine •••. ~lc' ve not
been here long.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------78_Ibide, p. 195.
80Foote, The Civil
~,
p. 328.
52.
,s;i':,iYBR: 'l'hat, boys is a real fer .sure, lOO~&
genuine REBEL YELL! Designed to scare
the fAather::; off them Yankee birds or
yer money back!
SArI;: ,liell, if that c\oe,:m't 5C3.r,,, t:U;ll, I rIoo't
''''hat Nill. I'M a CO!lfederate,
it set my*in crawlin'.
kllO'1I
3~~Y~R:
04'1'
Begin' yer pardon ••••
dAM: Sam, and this is Billy, Hac, and Andy.
Pleased to meet ya'll. Begin' yer
pardon, but no man can rishtly call himseU
a Confederate until he can do that yell
in his sleep if need be.
Yau'd best oe
learnin' it before we go into battle.
You'll need all the help you can get.
3,1,:.jY~R:
lNDY: It's that bad?
:5A'\IY"E:R: Them Yankee.s may be dumb, but they kno'"
how to fiGllt! Jm3t ask anyLody from
Henry or Donels onl ~'ihy, I might worry
if I didn't know we had the be~t darned
General in the whole army riGht here!
I1l1C: ',''it?: do?
They don't come better than Albert
3idney JohnGton--you'~1 do well to remember that! You ',von' t fore,et it once
we ~leet the Yanks t
3A~Y~3:
NAC' \';e~
he couldn't have mcc<nt Beaur:;gard!
;;AH;,,,", : well, I
go~.
to filld my regiment!
See
ya'll around!
,vA VES AND LEA V~3
RIDES U,F
~~S
Hll.N b.;Y
COL.
MAN~Y:
All right, men, we're moving into
our final positio.s.
MAC: (POKING
S~M)
Hey! Did ya hear that?
KAC: Well, ain't you excited?
What's wrong?
3~M:
I guess I'm just not aG excited about it
as I tilOUbht I'd be.
j';,~C:
vl/e' re i:;ony;a Yisht some Blue Bellies--see
80me action!! You're not excited? ~hat
about you •• (L(;GKSlRCU1~D) Andy ••. Billy?
AtDY: Well •••• I •••
Nfle:
---.---,,--~--~ .
C'mon, kid, you ain't scared, are ya?
53.
'''DY : . •
lo!.,l'~
••.
I ••
BILLY: Leave the kid alone, Mac!
I'll be
honest with you!
I'm scared! I'm
damned ~cared! •• and I'd juat as soon
not talk about it!
NO GkG 3~~Y~) ANY ~'"T:G • .,1 \C
PIGKS UP HL3 GL,,:a ,',1';D ~T,}~'rS
hJ1.HCEIHG. ~)AH G~UPS A1DY'.)
;3HOULD~H G::":'lTLY, G=-./... C.~,; ;iT
BILLY .,~.f~D AL.L F~i.LL IN ."ITH 'r ::1.0
i:L ,):r
'1' iIi UN IT.
()/
DL3GLVt::.
SCl::Nw C F' lLdWEE'" mCiOP~; ,\LR ,~DY
IN LIN.c; C:liSATTL1.:..
j3" .• U,aj.:;G:iltD
~I~ING
RIDl~;;;
TliJM.
a~2ljD
U~t)
HARD~E:
TO nIH.
"
Jl
General Beauregard, ~lr!
1) i'.; ,\ ~JIL~G ARD:
Yes, •••, •
Sir, the men are a li~tle uneasy-we've had considerable firinc goin'
on here •••
ciARD~~:
II'1.RDJ;:,: Yes, Sir.
It got rE,tl1er tirick ~;,bout
9:30--several vollies in fact. The ruen
seem to think a battle i2 gain' to beCin at any minute •••• If you would jUi,t ricie
along the line, Sir, I'm sure it wouldS 2
make them feel batter.
B:~AU,-(:;G.i\HD
Of' Iii;:J! RID'::: DC ,,1; 1:';:; LnL
GCi,TnWING COV'::;'::·L,,'rION. jv;':;N
TUR1~ 1Lt<GUND TO ,'i.1V.2, Ol~ :;H,:>:':R
CoG :;,\,31 ... 1'1".1.LY •
NO';:U~S,PON,: c',
IiLY GIVJ~ JOHl'L;TOh.
:,';011, I ;,u:9poL;e I could.
HArW:':':'::;: I'd be in your debt, Sir.
'r~~o
Spirits were rather low after that
rain 1aGt ni~ht--the men were soaked.
H,,~iD:C:i<.::
I know. UnfortunLi.tely the 'f!eat!lCr
is out 0 f our hands. (fiiO.iE ,_UI':::TLY)
1nd so, I fear, is the battle ••••
Bl';,~<UR.6G'.1W:
~L,RDh;;;:
Sir?
~'Jhy t
Troopf3 are movinG'
~;m(jut ''11y
not.i • ••••
3 . :,U)'::;G"RD: YeD, no',,.,! ••• after a surprise can no
longer be hoped fer! The firing along
your line tilis Iflorning---soracbody knows.
we're here!
I cannot think but to stay
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54.
,'.h:-->t (lid you find from ti1C prisoner's
you took?
I.LdJ.:';l.,:
B:~AUR~~G,,~IJ:
H~RDEE:
iJothing of slgnifisance.
And General Jrasc ••••
B~lUREG\RD:
I have ordered him forward this
passed hi~ on the ro~d aS UQ 4
<.:>
we left Monterey before sunrise.
He sairl he had repeatedly tcili his men
not to fire their w~apons to teet the
powder, but t~ey ?erGisted anyway!
He
was fuming!
He also said in the last J
days t~ey have eaten all of the five day'G
rations and thrown away much of th~ir85
equipment!
mornin~--we
Untrained troops ••••
HAgD~~:
B~AUR~G~RD:
Indeed!
What a blasted waste!
Your
line looks fine, Ge~era1.
I must go tO o6
headquarters to await I'olk's reGerve.
U
H(tRDEi~:
Of courGc, Sir.
Thank you.
B~AUR~G~RD:
Then, good day.
HARDEE: (TO
~~N)
All riGht ••• c10se up this line
rlere ••••• ,.
DIS~.iOLV:~.
3.::lDw'o'lllN'J C"HP. 3HILOli C1WRCH
I~I
B··,CKGROUND.
LIIW'l'EK~N:L:'
iiI D.c;.; UP TC ;3 H~.{r';olN 'S 1'I:;Nf.·~~m
tWN3 H,",ITb.
LIEUT.: General •••
SH~HM~N:
1I~U~:
Ye~,
what is it?
Sir, Col. App1er ••••
:; iU~l:e''lM·r: 'lie 11, say it!
Sir, ha'o got his regiment armed and
moving on some Confederate infantry, Sir.
LI~UT.:
SHi~Ki·i\~l:
HB'S :!I:LiT!!!
LIEUT.: He's moving •••
~liiilllAN:
I heard you the fir6t time--that
stupid fool!
;~e have direct OfWwi~31
Is my hor,;e uadd1ed? (Y.iLLS)
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55.
LIt-UT. TLi.YLOR
Td.~~NCL
1\P.fJ.b~',R3
\T EN-
.
GULR' 'iN: Good, let',s gol
SH~~M~N
ri!;l~T,
DO,~IJ
dTeRMS OUT
OFeH~
HDUNTS HU}LS".;-:l) ,UDr.;:;j
Pl,\.RA.Dl'~ Gl~GUND F'UHIOUSLY.
CUT TO
AFPL~R'3
MER IN FCR-
bAT ION 11ARC [IING CUT Of CAMP.
SH~RMAN
Bi'.:,s I
RID~~
D,~dIH
UP JITH ThYLOH
•• • ;l'~l~;S !l.F .PL.i~!1
TAYLOR: There they are, Sir.(POINT3)
see them. (TO APPLm) Colonel!.'ihat
in the na.rae of Heaven do you think you're
doing?
SllbRJ'.U,N: I
RIDE CLC3,a
General, we spotted some Confederates
over there(~OINT~), and I decided we
shnuld 50 after the~, Sir.
APPL~R:
:3.aE~1~'1iAN:
Oh, you did, did you?
I know we
APPLER: Yes, Sir.
3aW'
trie enemy t
SHiRMAN: WELL, Col. Appler, did you ~ot
hear the orde
:~_.;
I made v'-;;ry clear yesterday?
The ones ti-Iat came directly from Geaeral'
Grant about NO I' DOn~G i\.NY'l'HING ~L'O S'rldiT
1i. FI3Trr
m~TIL
BUELL G.t::'l'g HEgB?
APPL3:=:!: 1e5, Sir, but we saw •••••
I DON"!' C:'.;':i'~ what yeu think :;rou saw,
The Rebels do have snipers and
you're movement might make them think we're
attacking--or snmetldng drastic like
that! :;;e could wind up with a full scale
battle OR our harts!! ----trlanks to \.. hat
you TilINK YCU ;3lhd
SrrE::l~lAbT:
Colonelt
I have news for you t Co). ;,ppler, "'1'ake
your damn regiment back to Ohio. 'rhere87
is no enemy nearer than Corinth!"
Good morning, ColQnel!
TUR~\;:;
;;11'3
i~.J
l'ii':~'{~
l<ID':':~ii.\"j'LY'
HI
,>Hu~~K.
APPJ",c';:ct
DI,),',OLV::';.
P );,,',G£1 I,) ::<CH1U.W IE'~ ,( ':: II.,(l}j •
CAHP;3 OF 55th ILL. GAPT.
CRCOK~H
L) IT'rDrG OUT3 I D(~ OF
£11,:) Ti;NT, CLl~ ,lUNG Iil:)i~';~~­
l::>()N.
LIEU'f. L :;.4W~;NC,~"LlLK.s
Uf' TO Eni.
LAjR~NCE:
87 Ca t ton, "Grant a t Shiloh, II p. 67.
880H ., I, X, ii, 91.
Getting
i~
ready for
act~on?
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56.
CROOKJ::,;: You might say. Haven't got a wbole
lot else to do ••••
LA ,,';aENCg : Feel$> good being out on a day
this •••••
CROCKER:
lil;:J~
Sure doeo: have a seat.
CROOK.~R:
(LOOKING Up) Listen, it's about time
between the two of us, that you start
calling me, Lu. This is soing to be a
long war, and all t'lil:; IorlllCtli 1;Y i'J goin;;
to get awfully old. All right?
VLmJ~NCE:
CRCOK~R:
iLLl right ••••
There'8 coffee if you wa2t it •••
No thanks, just had some ••
L4.d~il~NCE:
Pil.;;;) c.:3 I'IIT:r A :1R(;UP
OF Nl:;;~;. STRIPPED TO THl.;;{'lS'fE
ll.ND CARlnING Tmi.i!:L3 OR BL;\.fif~E'DS.
,c;OLD.I.':"~.a i,t:lA \T.~3 T() OFF lCj':;j{~;"Lf';D ,_ ;lOUT::.
>
~OLDL.JR
30LDIZ ,: Hey Lieute aant!
','Ie' re all Going
for a:;wim down ~ t Lick Creek! ~fhy don't
you come too! Do ya good! Capt'n too!
LA',>,;, '.1WE: No thanks!
time maybe!
('N'AVES BACK) Some other
CROOKi;R: I don't kno',." as I'd lvant to So
swimmin' \'IIith tlli~3 :c;lc,v of ~~eb sni:v~r3
around.
TherH's fire off and on all
morNing.
LAi,'IRENCl~:
Yeh, I
know.
The men do~t t
fleem
worrie<l aho'lt it. 'T.~h~y told me, BOW
that it's been gain' on for two or three
days; they're almost u3ed to it.
If Grant
iss't goinG to get upset, i.,rhy f3hould
the.!?
CROOKi:,R: Oh, I can see the loe;ic t:leJ'I;, b,lt
it doesn't mak.e sen ".e to rae to So out
half naked, unarmed and make a target
of youself!
I1i5ht a::; well r;;q "Hey Reb I"
Here I am--Shoot me!"
LAWR~NCE:
I guess, maybe it's ~aU8e we're ~ll
so green about this whole t~ing.
I do~'t
know what to expect frO~'l one (1:I.Y;;Q the
next, and no one else doe[, either.
.'~nd
another thing ••• I (lan' t ];:110',1 if ,m,{lyyly
ttl)
fl--O!lt
'~:~-~CJ\·t·-,
','lv -:~.:~-7~ l'~~
~,.~)Ollt
.'11tiJost
duty •••• I overheard Prentiss'and Fome
of the other officer~"3 cO:'tlplai:li:1g that
all the reports tjcy got were garbled
and hard to make heads or tail G of.
57.
CROOKj~H:
I've hoard the ;-:ame thing. The t,:ing
is, every la~,t person ia this camp kOO'.-IS
there are Rebels around here--quite a few
of them from the sound of things, but
everybody seems to think they're going
tQ fool around and wait for ~ to attack
tr1em!
Maybe so, but I can't help but
't"h"i.ik that could be takin t thinc:~~ a bit 89
too much for granted.
L;LjRENC:C:: And if the Hebs do decide to pay us
a visit. guess who's going to be right
out front wh:ther He 1,vant to or not ~
CHO()K.:~~?:
Rig;~t!
The good old 55th Illinois!
LIl.'lJR~NCE:
By t ':18 ':Iay, do you know why UH'?Y ClO
sent (Jur rege!:lent batter,-{ to the rear',"
POIN'fS '1'0 BLUFFS, dEHl
FO.:t~0T~D
CROOK .. R: No, but I nope to lleo.vcn ',.,,':10 ever did
it had a darned good reason!
Have y.u
had a look altttnd thode bluffs oVer t; ere?
If tIle COllfederates should decide to put
a row of cannon up there, they would wipe
us out in no time flatl
LA\'m . C:I'lC3:
.
Do you think 'de' 11 get a new battery?
CROCK~R:
I doubt it, they must be shor~ or
they wouldn't have taken ours.
I imagine
we're going to ~3ve to fend for oursel'es
until s~mething happens--if anyt~ing does.
LANRENCE: You're reas6uring ••••
,;OLDL::R: Hi t
CROCK~R:
Captain, l.ia1fenant!
You're in good spirits today!
;3C'L:JI i',R: "':hy not? The air is cl(~an; ground is
good.
It I S f;pring. lle;;:;ide::3, after the
womping ·iVe gave t :lO::>e :~( b;.:; at Donelson t
we'll wLip their tails 0.( f when '.-Ie meet
t l1em. i'lhy, ;:lir, It/e' re as "happy aD mortals
could be,rt ••• that's W~lat I wrote my wife
this morning.
Course I told her I r:Jis"ed
91
her.
8
pp.
9Bruce Catton,
Thj~
Hallowed Ground (New York: Doubleday and
134-135.
9°.£i;inschiml, "The 55th Illinois at :-3hiloh," p. 199.
91 ~a
n
t -'~on,
-y
ha l~~owe d'"uroun d t p.
135 •
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